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Rachel Waddington
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I take my hat off to you Apr 16, 2015

Victoria Britten wrote:

Rachel Waddington wrote:

Not much call for that kind of knowledge in the technical documentation that I translate (or in any kind of formal writing, I would think).


And almost too much call for it in some of what I do, the most extreme (and recent) example being subtitling a documentary about teenage girls on inner-city housing estates!


That would be my nightmare job - I simply wouldn't understand it. Give me train wheels and wind turbines any day!


 
Preston Decker
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Lucky so far Apr 16, 2015

It's a minor miracle that #7 hasn't (yet) inspired dozens of irate posts.

[Edited at 2015-04-16 13:52 GMT]


 
Oliver Pekelharing
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Can an agency be my colleague? Apr 16, 2015

Good list, but as for #10, I don't have a colleague to proof my work. The extra costs would price me out of my market (agencies). Agencies pay me less than direct customers would and one of the reasons is that they take responsibility for proofreading my work. This works fine for me (and, I assume, for them).

 
AnneMarieG
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Right! Apr 17, 2015

Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:

Icecreamqueen wrote:
6. A good translator is a word nerd with at least four books stacked on their bedside table.

Pfft. Amateurs.


Amateurs!


 
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