The job of a translation goes beyond basically reading a piece of written text and transforming it into another language according to the client’s request: it is the linguists job to figure out and adjust the finished program to indicate the right overall tone, intended definitions and double definitions. He/she must also make sure the ultimate manuscript follows all the rules of language determined by the objective language.
Once you have decided to delegate your presentation needs to a presentation organization, your prospective support organization will have particular requirements of you, to make sure that they serve your needs.
As a first-time client, you may not know what to expect from the company e.g. what types the unique records should be provided in, the length of the presentation process, the rates and fees appropriate and other relevant information. The purpose of this article is to provide tips to make you better equipped to operate together with your support organization.
Give brief instructions
Any translation will tell you that one of the problems they most commonly face is that customers hire them without providing sufficient guidelines – or any at all regarding the task to be done. So, what exactly are these guidelines that should be given?
When the translation begins working on an unique written text file, he/she is also responsible for adjusting the ultimate program into what works for the objective audience/language. All 'languages' have their own algorithm regarding phrase structure, syntax and also intended definitions and overall tone. All these must be believed to make sure that the ultimate papers follows all guidelines and hence will be properly recognized by the objective market.
Consider this example when presentation from British to Spanish language and vice versa:
The British language uses investment characters more liberally than most 'languages', such as Spanish language. Language has very particular guidelines on investment, such as when investment must not be done.
Therefore, if these guidelines are not communicated to the translation from the client, he/she will surely convert the papers, following the rules established by the Elegant Spanish language Academia. As such, if the written written text was given in investment characters in British the converted Spanish language papers will have most lowercase characters, which is still grammatically appropriate in the Language, but may not meet the needs of the client.
Account for industry-specific terminology
Most often, customers will want to use conditions that are specifically appropriate to their papers. However, they may fail to show this to the translation, only realizing once the papers has been converted. Although the presentation may be appropriate, the conditions used could be different from what the client expected.
Take the above example: in converting the word ‘computer’ to Spanish language, you can say ‘computadora’, ‘equipo’ or ‘ordernador’ based on the particular region. Using any of the above is won’t lead to a presentation mistake, but will merely indicate client choices, much like the use of s or z in British terms like recognize and evaluate.
Therefore, as a person looking for presentation, you should be clear about any language choices you have and any details that may affect the ultimate converted papers. These demands should be made before perform begins and fully resolved. Tell the translation if you need certain terms outlined or capitalized, or any industry-specific conditions that is highly recommended.
This way, you can avoid any setbacks in the project consequently of miscommunication between either party.
Bio:
The author is a qualified and experienced 'languages' company. He has been running his presentation organization for over 10 years, and has written many articles on presentation, presentation, DTP and other related solutions.
