Comments for ProvenWrite : Italian to English Translations http://provenwrite.com Non sono economico ... sono solo bravo! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Toxic Translation: A Twelve-Step Program for Self-Injuring Translators by Dan Newland http://provenwrite.com/articles-interviews/twelve-step-program-for-self-injuring-translators/#comment-151 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:34:49 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?page_id=287#comment-151 This is brilliant and EXACTLY what I keep telling people who are constantly bending over in front of exploiters and then complaining that they’re getting screwed.

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]]> Comment on Please Mind the Gap: Defending English Against “Passive” Translation by Riccardo http://provenwrite.com/articles-interviews/mind-the-gap/#comment-130 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:49:02 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/#comment-130 Even if the non-native speaker was able and accustomed to writing good idiomatic English when authoring texts, he should still refrain from translating into English.
A good example is Beppe Severgnini, who for several years wrote in English for the Economist, but whose books are all translated by Giles Watson.

]]> Comment on Toxic Translation: A Twelve-Step Program for Self-Injuring Translators by André Farhat http://provenwrite.com/articles-interviews/twelve-step-program-for-self-injuring-translators/#comment-128 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:51:11 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?page_id=287#comment-128 Very cleverly done.Would you mind if I translated it in French. Maybe I could post it on my blog (with you being credited and a link to your blog, obviously). I’m a translator and copy writer from Montréal, Québec, Canada.

In any case, I am subscribing to your blog after posting this.

Thanks

André Farhat

http://sicblug.wordpress.com/

]]> Comment on From the official site of Italian World Cup soccer champion, Alessandro Del Piero by Licia http://provenwrite.com/2010/10/21/delpiero/#comment-127 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:39:59 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?p=983#comment-127 Looking forward to your take on Travelling in Italy with your pets!

]]> Comment on From the official site of Italian World Cup soccer champion, Alessandro Del Piero by ProvenWrite http://provenwrite.com/2010/10/21/delpiero/#comment-126 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:38:38 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?p=983#comment-126 Beautiful Rob … and then one wonders: If they couldn’t tell the difference between a native and a non-native, what kind of screening are they actually doing?

]]> Comment on From the official site of Italian World Cup soccer champion, Alessandro Del Piero by Rob http://provenwrite.com/2010/10/21/delpiero/#comment-125 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:20:42 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?p=983#comment-125 Hi Wendell,

This is something I come across fairly regularly. Agencies often contact me and ask me to proofread or comment on a translation provided by another translator. The kind of cues you describe enable a seasoned translator to spot the work of a non-native a mile off. Many times, the agencies themselves seem rather surprised when I suggest that the translator was a non-native.

]]> Comment on Toxic Translation: A Twelve-Step Program for Self-Injuring Translators by ProvenWrite http://provenwrite.com/articles-interviews/twelve-step-program-for-self-injuring-translators/#comment-124 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:54:29 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?page_id=287#comment-124 Hello, Marco. Post away – and thanks!

]]> Comment on Toxic Translation: A Twelve-Step Program for Self-Injuring Translators by malspt http://provenwrite.com/articles-interviews/twelve-step-program-for-self-injuring-translators/#comment-123 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:27:13 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?page_id=287#comment-123 It’s really funny to see how true this used to be for me. Before I graduated in conference interpreting and translation I used to think like that and I remember applying for a few jobs for very low rates. Even at university the advice we often received was to begin with low rates and then increase them. Luckily for me I began my professional career mostly as an interpreter and started noticing that even though our daily fees are pretty high, clients pay them happily because we do our job very well. It’s funny to see that it is much easier for me to find interpreting jobs at very high rates than translation jobs at average rates because there are so many toxic translators. The interpreting market where I live (Paris) is very well protected and that’s a blessing and I wish it was that way for translation.
I couldn’t say it in a better way. Also, I am creating a blog and I would love to post your article ( s) there. Is that ok if I do so? It is a personal blog I am starting to write to help newbies like me and to allow an exchange among translators and interpreters. The adress is http://blog.santos.pro/

My website, if you have time to give me some feedback: http://www.santos.pro

I hope you agree in me posting your article (under your name of course)

Marco

]]> Comment on Ten (Good) Reasons To Hire a Translator Directly … and Say Goodbye to Translation Agencies by Ten (Good) Reasons To Hire a Translator Directly « Traduzioni e altre storie http://provenwrite.com/2010/04/03/ten-good-reasons/#comment-122 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:29:26 +0000 http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/?p=531#comment-122 [...] by biblitra in Traduzione e lingue http://provenwrite.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/ten-good-reasons/ [...]

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