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Translator Games

On February 18, 2013   /   Blog, Lost in Translation, Proofreading, Translation as an Art, Translation Business   /   21 Comments

What games do you play when translating a badly written source text? What about when proofreading a badly done translation? These are the games I play. Please share yours!

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The Horrors of Proofreading: Top 10 into English translation errors

On January 28, 2013   /   Blog, Lost in Translation, Proofreading, Translation as an Art, Translation Business   /   36 Comments

The Horrors of Proofreading continues: From full snouts, to criss-crossing the Atlantic, to chauvinistic pronoun choice: my 10 “favourite” mistakes in into English translations with the usual understanding commentary. Enjoy!

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The Horrors of Proofreading: Top 10 German to English translation errors

On December 21, 2012   /   Blog, Lost in Translation, Proofreading, Translation as an Art   /   60 Comments

From §ection to Imprint, a list of my “favourite” 10 common mistakes in German to English translation with some less-than-understanding commentary. Enjoy!

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Non-native vs. Google translate

On December 16, 2010   /   Blog, Lost in Translation, Machine Translation, Translation as an Art, Translation Business   /   5 Comments

The two thorns in the side of the translation industry do battle: Google vs. a non-native speaker.
Who wins?

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Rose Newell

Freelance German to English translator for infomation technology, technology, finance and business. Over six years of translation experience and over 1,500,000 words translated. Member of the ProZ Certified ProZ Network and International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters. Well-read and published translation blogger (inc. American Translators' Association Chronicle). BA in German and Politics and writing thesis for MA in Human Aspects of Information Technology.

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