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Thread poster: Cindy Martin
Cindy Martin
Cindy Martin  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 23:48
Member (2013)
English to French
Mar 26, 2019

Hello,

I've worked on many revision/proofreading jobs these last few years, but I sometimes struggle to find the right words in English to comment on the quality of a translation.

Do you know where I could find a kind of checklist, or even a book about this, that would explain the main "errors" that can be made when translating (things like barbarism, sentences being "burdensome", etc.)?

Thank you,

Cindy
 
Elif Baykara Narbay
Elif Baykara Narbay  Identity Verified
Türkiye
Local time: 00:48
German to Turkish
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That book: Mar 26, 2019

I believe that this book has quite a lot of information, possibly also on the terminology itself.

I cannot be sure though because it is on my books-to-buy list since a couple of years but still not in my library
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I believe that this book has quite a lot of information, possibly also on the terminology itself.

I cannot be sure though because it is on my books-to-buy list since a couple of years but still not in my library

https://www.amazon.com/Revising-Translators-Translation-Practices-Explained/dp/1909485012 ▲ Collapse
 


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