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'How Not to Become a Translator' (interesting read at Translation Journal)
Thread poster: Mats Wiman
Mats Wiman
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Feb 21, 2004

Interesting read at:

http://accurapid.com/journal/23prof.htm
 
Martine Etienne
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Very interesting indeed Feb 21, 2004

Mats Wiman wrote:

Interesting read at:

http://accurapid.com/journal/23prof.htm[/quote]

and how true !!!!
 
RHELLER
RHELLER
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Worthwhile article Feb 21, 2004

Thank you, Mats - that is an article worthwhile reading.

I particularly liked:

"Translators must be one of the most interesting breeds of people. Many are probably a little weird, myself quite possibly not excluded; .....—are really interesting people with strong opinions, which they are eager to try on others. We come from an incredible wealth of backgrounds and bring this diversity to the incredible wealth of worlds that we translate from and into. "
 
Saskia Steur (X)
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Thank you! Feb 23, 2004

Thank you for sharing this with us!
 
Alan Wright
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Spain
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Excellent. Feb 25, 2004

Thanks
 
Erik Hansson
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Thanks a lot! Feb 26, 2004

Thanks a lot, Mats, for this very interesting and amusing article. I guess many translators share these experiences.

Best regards,
Erik

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Thanks a lot, Mats, for this very interesting and amusing article. I guess many translators share these experiences.

Best regards,
Erik

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EKM
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Where is the "agree" button? ;-) Mar 1, 2004

Thank you very much for sharing, Mats!

Yes, many of us have probably made at least one or two of the mistakes mentioned in this article, myself included.

All the best,

Mårten
 
Carina Arias
Carina Arias
Argentina
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translation journals Mar 4, 2004

Hi, people. I loved the article too. I would like to know, which other online translation journals do you know?
Thanks a lot
Carina
 
Evren Serbest
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A very good article.. Thanks for letting us read it. Mar 6, 2004

Whatever there's to say about being a language professional Per's said it all and said it good.

Evren Serbest
 
vslavmir
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re: how not become.. Mar 14, 2004

thanks for the insightful warnings
 


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