Good translation has always been important, but it’s a craft that’s widely unappreciated, even in areas where it’s important; even literary awards have only…
What Makes Great Translation?Why is great translation so hard?Anyone bilingual can transcribe a basic sentence in a different language: “It’s…
As we touched on in a previous post, language is inextricably linked to culture, and some experiences are untranslatable. It’s a common…
In the first part of this post , we discussed some rather serious translation errors. In part two, the consequences become…
Everybody makes mistakes, including translators. But while some translation mistakes only shed linguistic subtleties, others can be much more consequential. Sometimes…