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Dec
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…
22
Feb
What Makes Great Translation?Why is great translation so hard?Anyone bilingual can transcribe a basic sentence in a different language: “It’s…
22
Feb
As we touched on in a previous post, language is inextricably linked to culture, and some experiences are untranslatable. It’s a common…
22
Feb
In the first part of this post , we discussed some rather serious translation errors. In part two, the consequences become…
22
Feb
Everybody makes mistakes, including translators. But while some translation mistakes only shed linguistic subtleties, others can be much more consequential. Sometimes…
