Whenever I get asked to ‘proofread’ something that involves a translation, I make sure to ask what the client actually wants me to do. Should
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Pratiques et perceptions de la révision en France
Katell Hernández Morin, « Pratiques et perceptions de la révision en France », Traduire [En ligne], 221 | 2009, mis en ligne le 12 novembre
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La révision comme clé de la gestion de la qualité des traductions en contexte professionnel
Katell Morin-Hernandez. La révision comme clé de la gestion de la qualité des traductions en contexte professionnel. Linguistics. Université Rennes 2, 2009. French. (Thèse)
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Revisions
By revision I’m referring to a translation being checked against the source by a second translator. A lot of colleagues refer to this as proofreading,
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Top Secrets of Effective Proofreading
The ultimate checklist to proofread and edit your work. These days, there is a lot of fuss and debate around Post-Editing (and Machine Translation) that
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Hanne Arts: 10 Essentials for Proofreading Your Own Work
As writers, we all know the importance of proofreading. Without it, a manuscript looks sloppy and unfinished and can even be so difficult or frustrating
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Evaluación, corrección, revisión y edición
El concepto de evaluación es polisémico. El DRAE señala que evaluar consiste en ‘señalar el valor de algo’, ‘estimar, apreciar, calcular el valor de algo’
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Premières armes en révision : des doutes justifiés, des inquiétudes à apaiser
Réviser, c’est endosser des devoirs d’examen et d’amélioration du travail d’autrui, si bien que certains traducteurs néophytes appréhendent ce virage. Réussiront-ils à déceler les erreurs
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Paving the way
There are two basic truths which apply to the profession of translation: we learn from our mistakes; and we learn from other people. If we
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Client review changes – Part 2: How to handle them
In this post, we’ll look at some of the most common types of client changes and how to handle them. TERMINOLOGY CHANGES The client decided
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Change Tracker: translation review report in just several clicks
Recently my work focus moves slowly from translation to review. And after you perform a review, you often have to document the changes, especially when
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When Bad Translations Happen to Good People
I received an assignment from a long-standing client last week that made my Spidey-sense tingle as soon as I read the instructions. It was billed
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Top Secrets of Effective Proofreading
These days, there is a lot of fuss and debate around Post-Editing (and Machine Translation) that made me reflect upon effective editing and proofreading as
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Proof-reading – editing – revising: the essentials
Today, I want to talk a little bit about a term used by work-providers and which greatly irritates many translators: that term is ‘proof-reading’. I
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Revision
(e-book extract) The translation should ideally be checked with a revision. The aim of this stage is to verify the accuracy of the translated text
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The proofreader’s job
Since a recent unpleasant experience I had with a reviewer (also called a proofreader) and because of the discussion developing on Proz.com on the subject
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Back-translation: Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Is back-translation really the best way to ensure quality of your survey translation? If you’re looking to reduce cost and increase quality, there’s a better
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La face cachée de la révision
(Illustration: Marlène Junius) Conséquence des dernières normes qualité dans le secteur de la traduction, de nombreux fournisseurs de services de traduction imposent révision ou remaniement
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