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Translation technique

Nov 01 2020

Does it make sense to translate into your non-native language?

Does it make sense to translate into your non-native language? Someone asked this on my monthly alumni call in October, and I think it’s an interesting topic, so let’s take a look. The short answer The TLDR version of this is: for most professional translators, it does not make sense to translate into your non-native […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Translation technique · Tagged: translation

Apr 19 2019

Tracking your translated words

File under: food for thought. A colleague and former student e-mailed me this morning and asked how many words a year I translate, and whether I track it. I haven’t tracked it–until now–and I guessed 300,000 words. My reasoning was: conventional wisdom holds that “the average” (whatever that means) full-time translator produces about 500,000 words […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Translation technique · Tagged: translation output

Oct 11 2016

Books about translation and writing

Thanks to reader Paul Froese for suggesting this topic; Paul e-mailed me, asking about textbooks that might help one become a better translator, or that might be helpful to beginning translators. Paul referenced the free translation course that’s available from logos.it, and wondered whether there are comparable textbook resources out there. I have a few […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Book reviews, Translation technique

Oct 05 2016

Speaking of Translation: translating outside the box

Eve Bodeux and I just released a new episode of our podcast, Speaking of Translation; here it is! We are also on iTunes if you’d like to subscribe to us there. In this episode, Eve and Corinne discuss how to identify, market to, and successfully work in non-traditional translation specializations. Drawing on their own experiences […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Clients, Direct clients, Marketing, Translation technique · Tagged: Speaking of Translation, translation podcasts

Sep 22 2016

Analog words in the digital age

Here’s a random linguistic observation… Earlier this week, I was translating away on some public health materials, and came to the expression “composer notre numéro sans frais.” Knee-jerk translation: call our toll-free number (to get information about this public health initiative). And then it occurred to me, is it still correct to call something a […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Translation technique

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