http://www.1-800-translate.com/TranslationBlog/language/a-translatours-catchecism-the-new-model-translator/ With all the new translation technologies, things have gotten easier, and more complicated. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.1-800-translate.com/TranslationBlog/language/a-translatours-catchecism-the-new-model-translator/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Ken Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:58:59 +0000 http://www.1-800-translate.com/TranslationBlog/?p=559#comment-1079 Thanks, Margaret. I'll be posting more on this soon. Thanks, Margaret. I’ll be posting more on this soon.

]]> http://www.1-800-translate.com/TranslationBlog/language/a-translatours-catchecism-the-new-model-translator/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Margaret Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:39:55 +0000 http://www.1-800-translate.com/TranslationBlog/?p=559#comment-1009 When it comes to translations, I truly believe that clients gets what they pay for. I have had many regular clients "disappear" only to return a month or two later crying about the horrendous results they got from someone else (generally a non-native speaker) who returned poorly and literally translated text and expected payment for it. They ask me to fix it and often I have to ask for the original because the so-called translation is either incomprehensible or so literal (Spanglish) that it is too painful to read New Model or Old, dabbling in translation may be a fun exercise, but doing it well and making a living at it is hard work that takes much patience, practice, and experience! When it comes to translations, I truly believe that clients gets what they pay for. I have had many regular clients “disappear” only to return a month or two later crying about the horrendous results they got from someone else (generally a non-native speaker) who returned poorly and literally translated text and expected payment for it. They ask me to fix it and often I have to ask for the original because the so-called translation is either incomprehensible or so literal (Spanglish) that it is too painful to read
New Model or Old, dabbling in translation may be a fun exercise, but doing it well and making a living at it is hard work that takes much patience, practice, and experience!

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