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20/12/2017
Translation
For many prestigious companies it is essential to maintain uniformity in the terminology employed and in the use of language for reasons of identity or branding, marketing or corporate strategy. Terminological consistency is one of the keys to cohesion between a company’s different textual mediums. What image would a company project if it uses different terms to refer to the same thing, when...
30/06/2016
Translation
[TOC] Can I trust a translation that needs editing? When I first started offering translation services , I remember how much mistrust it would generate in clients when I offered them the option of editing the translation. It's a common mistake among some businesses to assume that their clients know all about their product or service. Another mistake is giving them too much information when they'...
22/12/2015
Translation
A legislative proposal published on 24 April 2013 by the Commissioner Viviane Reding in the European Parliament means that certified translation is no longer necessary for birth certificates, marriage certificates, criminal records, academic certificates, certificates from the Companies Registry and the Land Registry, etc. The initiative is now under way after being approved on the 4 February...
01/11/2007
Translation
Freelance translators enjoy an envious situation. We get to work at home or wherever we please (in our favorite pair of pajamas if we want) and, in many cases, get to pick a schedule that best suits us. However, regardless of whether we are freelancers or in-house employees, we still have to spend long hours sitting in front of our computer typing or editing thousands of words per day, endlessly...
01/10/2004
Translation
PART I: The “Whys” It has been my experience that translators often rely excessively on bilingual legal dictionaries or linguistic approaches when faced with legal terminology with which they are unfamiliar or passages in legal documents that they do not readily understand. Research into the law itself is more time consuming, but almost always provides a much more accurate understanding of the...
11/03/2004
Translation
The globalization of economies and trade intensification lead companies to communicate with consumers of different languages and cultures. Within the framework of international marketing strategies, advertising plays a key role. It has to resolve a dilemma which can be summarized in the following question: How can we sell a standardized product to local and different consumers? This study aims,...
24/01/2004
Translation
1. INTRODUCTION The current paper aims to be a practical proposal for terminology work based on practical experience having as scenario an individual translator or a small team of translators. Terminology is one of the most time-consuming tasks involved in a translation project. In order to face the challenge that terminology poses on translators it is necessary not only to know a set of...
01/07/2003
Translation
Having doubts is an inevitable part of translation, an intellectual activity. For translators, doubt is an inseparable companion when it comes to their daily work. It hinders their task, fuels sleepless nights, clouds judgment, and often survives even the most persistent attempts to banish it. No translator doubts the existence of doubt. Nor its persistence. There are reasonable, admissible,...
10/10/2002
Translation
What does the market offer to the professional translator these days? The arena has become so overcrowded with contenders and they are moving so fast, that even watching the major players has become quite a task. I have given up all hope of ever writing a full survey of the tools now available. However I believe I can shed some light on a few issues, mainly for the use of the bewildered many who...