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Doing (obviously and badly-) translated work

 
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Mike Harrison
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 1:43 pm    Post subject: Doing (obviously and badly-) translated work Reply with quote

It's great to have the occasional opportunity to do work for foreign clients. However, I must admit to cringing when the script arrives and it's very obviously translated from another language to English (expressly for an English-speaking audience)... and, unfortunately, translated poorly.

I generally wind up providing alternate reads for those passages whose meanings I am certain of. But sometimes it's a mystery as to what they're trying to say, and the tight turnaround time doesn't allow for questions and answers between parties separated by six hours or more.

So when I visit Kickstarter, for example, and watch the video, I have to wonder what other English-speaking viewers must think when they suddenly hear word salad in the middle of an otherwise lucid discussion.

Well, as long as the client is happy, I suppose...
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