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From: Travers Naran (tnaran_at_no-more-virii-please.direct.ca)
Date: 01/08/05
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:07:06 GMT
Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> Paul Blay wrote:
>
>
>>Basically (as far as page 46 anyway ;-) it's about things like the traps
>>of literal translations, the importance of considering the background,
>>why it's 'inadvisable' to do a 'two phase'* translation without
>>having the original work to look at and such.
>>
>>* e.g. English -> Dodgy Japanese (by English speaker)
>>Dodgy Japanese -> Good Japanese (by Japanese speaker)
>
>
> Just went through a similarly painful exercise: couldn't find an English
> to Spanish translator, so I used a English to Dutch translator and a
> Dutch to Spanish translator for my employee's contracts. I gave the
> Dutch to Spanish translator the original English to use as a reference,
> but judging from the long negotiation sessions with my staff, it didn't
> help much. Unfortunately, the only legally binding version is the Dutch
> one, which neither me nor my staff can read.
I read that when Commodore Perry steamed into Tokyo Bay, they had to
negotiate the treaty by way of Portuguese translators (Japanese ->
Portuguese -> English).
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