http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/postcards-from-the-edge-of-the-translation-industry/ Blog autour de la communication d'entreprise en anglais Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/postcards-from-the-edge-of-the-translation-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Adam Warren Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:32:43 +0000 http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/?p=234#comment-125 Re "linguistic heirloom" The piece published on ProZ showed décalque, and to me, the "gem" you cited hallmarks the work of a non-EMT writer. I have also, more seldom, come across work by EMT speakers whose mother tongue has broken down through lack of maintenance - the politically incorrect term is "gone native". Perhaps crowdsourcing has its uses, when a large volume of information needs to be disseminated rapidly to a large, non-specialist public, quality needs to be just adequate, and funds are scarce. One thinks of access to information in developing countries, and humanitarian needs. But there again, as I pointed out in a post on another forum, a minimum of decent quality control is needed. And that requires investment, otherwise the "heirloom" is liable to hang like an albatross round the industry's neck! With kind regards, Adam Warren. Re “linguistic heirloom”
The piece published on ProZ showed décalque, and to me, the “gem” you cited hallmarks the work of a non-EMT writer. I have also, more seldom, come across work by EMT speakers whose mother tongue has broken down through lack of maintenance – the politically incorrect term is “gone native”. Perhaps crowdsourcing has its uses, when a large volume of information needs to be disseminated rapidly to a large, non-specialist public, quality needs to be just adequate, and funds are scarce. One thinks of access to information in developing countries, and humanitarian needs. But there again, as I pointed out in a post on another forum, a minimum of decent quality control is needed. And that requires investment, otherwise the “heirloom” is liable to hang like an albatross round the industry’s neck!
With kind regards,
Adam Warren.

]]> http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/postcards-from-the-edge-of-the-translation-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Laurent Krauland Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:04:08 +0000 http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/?p=234#comment-45 Re pt. #3: have this rewritten in extenso in your own language... and please do not forget that an adaptation reads better than a word-to-word "translation". Don't feed the trolls... and don't feed the fishes! Re pt. #3: have this rewritten in extenso in your own language… and please do not forget that an adaptation reads better than a word-to-word “translation”. Don’t feed the trolls… and don’t feed the fishes!

]]> http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/postcards-from-the-edge-of-the-translation-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Laurent Krauland Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:01:12 +0000 http://www.sfmtraduction.com/blog/?p=234#comment-44 Hi Sara, should I add something like a LOL or even worse? The wiki is obviously not up to par. And I won't comment about the "French part" of this didactic pages. Hi Sara,
should I add something like a LOL or even worse? The wiki is obviously not up to par. And I won’t comment about the “French part” of this didactic pages.

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