Re: Translating the Ideas, Not the Words

Subject: Re: Translating the Ideas, Not the Words
From: Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 09:05:47 -0700

Bill Burns said:
> In addition to this wise advice, I add this. "Translators" who translate only
> the words are not translating. The conceptual framework embedded in the
> language cannot be translated on a word by word basis.

No, that's true. Most of the translators I know translate on a
paragraph-by-paragraph basis. Most clients, however, don't want their
documents restructured. And, to be fair to technical translators, they
are not technical writers.

Karen
karenk -at- netcom -dot- com


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