Comments on: Translating marcom copy: How to avoid a world of trouble. http://blog.marcomments.com/2009/10/05/translating-marcom-copy-how-to-avoid-a-world-of-trouble/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sara http://blog.marcomments.com/2009/10/05/translating-marcom-copy-how-to-avoid-a-world-of-trouble/#comment-8 Sara Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:36:26 +0000 http://blog.marcomments.com/?p=65#comment-8 I couldn't agree more, but then again I'm a translator. A key resource for anyone thinking about taking their communication international for the first time is the American Translators Association client-education brochure "Translation, Getting it Right," available here: https://www.atanet.org/docs/Getting_it_right.pdf Translation-friendly writing is crucial. However, a professional translator should ask questions and work with the writer to clarify any of the above points should they happen to sneak into a piece of writing, which they inevitably do. If your translator doesn't ask questions, consider it a warning sign! I couldn’t agree more, but then again I’m a translator.

A key resource for anyone thinking about taking their communication international for the first time is the American Translators Association client-education brochure “Translation, Getting it Right,” available here: https://www.atanet.org/docs/Getting_it_right.pdf

Translation-friendly writing is crucial. However, a professional translator should ask questions and work with the writer to clarify any of the above points should they happen to sneak into a piece of writing, which they inevitably do.

If your translator doesn’t ask questions, consider it a warning sign!

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