Redundancy As A Translation Style

  According to Merriam-Webster, the word “redundant” can be defined as: Characterized by similarity or repetition. In the case of translations, if the original text contains redundancy for the sake
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Translation-Proof Graphic Design

Oftentimes translation companies like Trusted Translations can take care of the entire production process, from source file preparation to the final file design in the target language. Nevertheless, it’s never
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What Is An .ini File?

Freelance translators and translation agencies often use TagEditor, among other options, to process all sorts of files: design files from InDesign, Quark, MS PowerPoint presentations or simple documents from Word,
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Translating Poetry

 As translators, we know that one of the hardest things to translate is poetry.Rhyme, meter, cadence, word selection, rhythm: we could spend weeks on end trying to translate one short
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Expressing Time

 When faced with an original text in another language, we translators usually tend to copy the same format to express time. For example, if in an original Spanish document we
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The Usefulness of Back-translation

 As has been mentioned before, when we speak of back-translation, we’re referring to translating a text (that’s already been translated) back to its original language. This is done without consulting
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