When you are looking to pay for a professional translation, the is a good chance you will come up against a magic word: Trados.
What exactly are they talking about? It’s actually quite simple: it is a very popular translation software that helps translation clients in a great way. The program creates translation memories of the [...]
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What is Trados?
Saturday, October 24th, 2009What’s the Minimum Number of Translators Involved in Each Translation Project?
Friday, October 9th, 2009Some clients may not be aware of it, but each translation project—no matter how small—involves the work of various translation professionals.
The “translator” is the professional that works with the source text on the first round, applying a determined work methodology learnt during University studies. In case of a very large project, several translators will partake.
Subsequently, [...]
The Peritextual Environment
Friday, July 24th, 2009There is a big difference between competence in a field and encyclopedic knowledge.
“Competence in the field” is everything related to the concrete information related to the technical aspects of a field. Technical texts require a technical fluency based on the mastery of a specific area of knowledge and its lexical and terminological aspects.
Encyclopedic knowledge is [...]
