🔔“Translation is something of the runt of the literary litter, more often perceived as grunt work than art work,” Max Norman writes. “Its practitioners have rarely received attention for anything other than screwing up.” In the United States, it’s estimated that about 3% of books published annually are translations. But translators are increasingly visible in the public sphere.
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💆I have been a translator for almost 25 years. I have translated a wide range of topics, including business, architecture, technical books, articles, laws, contracts, and poetry, but my primary area of expertise is legal translations.
Nonetheless, what I mostly do is transcreation.
🔔What is transcreation?
Transcreation is a term coined from the words “translation” and “creation”, and a concept used in the field of translation studies to describe the process of adapting a message from one language to another, while maintaining its intent, style, tone, and context. A successfully transcreated message evokes the same emotions and carries the same implications in the target language as it does in the source language.
💆Translating is like swimming. At least for me. It can be a bit risky, but it’s manageable if you know the right moves, the right words, and the right structure. It becomes pleasurable. I like translating, and I have a passion for new and old words and their etymology.
💆With so much experience, I do not do extensive research anymore before translating.
I have compiled a glossary of the most challenging terms I have encountered.
✨Nevertheless, I check all the new terms (if there are any) in dictionaries and specialty documents. That is the lengthiest task when it comes to translations.
💸Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be useful, but it cannot understand the specialized vocabulary used in the corporate, legal, financial, and railway industries.
💆I perpetually use three dictionaries: the Cambridge dictionary, Black’s Law Dictionary, and an etymology dictionary.
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