In the previous article it was noted that quality control needs to be performed efficiently to achieve the holy grail of both high output and high quality. In this article I will offer some advice on some QC practices the Japanese translator can implement.
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At the end of the day, the translator needs to discover the best balance between output and quality that they can live with. The benefits, however, of making QC more efficient, however, are clear.
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Of course, not all translation companies have the resources to do this. So, what can a translation company do to assist in the success of a project? The two aspects I would like to focus on here are project control and proactivity.
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The term “maru-nage” in Japanese sums up very nicely in a single phrase the approach of wholesale delegation of a task to another party, without shouldering any responsibility or taking any involvement in the task at hand.
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To the uninitiated, the roles of translators and interpreters are often considered much of a muchness. Indeed, it is not uncommon to hear of an interpreter being referred to as “the translator”. Even when the two are distinguished, the difference may be thought of as simply one of medium. The interpreter uses a verbal medium, while a translator uses the written form. However, the truth is...
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What about from the perspective of the translator? There are certainly some clear benefits; however...
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In this two-part article, we shall look at the merits of translation tools and discuss whether it is a win-win situation, or whether there are any disadvantages to their use, firstly from the perspective of the client, and, in the second-part, from the perspective of the translator.
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Many people shy away from the use of this type of punctuation completely. Proper use, however, will add conciseness, clarity and style to your translation and writing – a skill highly valued by Japanese translation companies!
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The turn of the year is the time when one traditionally looks back on one’s failings over the previous year and makes resolutions for how to do better in the year ahead. Typically, this will cover...
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In the first part of this article, we looked at the limits of machine translation and examined why, despite possessing far greater computational ability than the conscious human brain, it struggles to translate to a standard even approaching that of a good translator. We noted that the problems basically stem from...
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