RE: Grammar Question

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> Subject: RE: Grammar Question
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What happens if a translator
> doesn't get the verb tenses correct? 

The editor will notify the editorial manager, who will deal with such an
incompetent translator.

Is there a
> possibility for misunderstanding? What if one verb was
> translated in the future tense and one was translated
> in the present tense?

That would be done only by a completely incompetent translator. 
Anyone given the responsibility of translating from English ought to be able
to handle a compound verb. If they cannot, they have no business claiming to
be a translator.

All translations need to be edited by a technical editor who is a native
speaker of the language.

Any company that goes from translator to customer without having the text
edited is at the mercy of people who shouldn't be translating.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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