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Re-Translation: Taking a Translated Term Back to Its Source Language
Thread poster: Orkoyen (X)
Orkoyen (X)
Orkoyen (X)
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Spanish to English
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Mar 17, 2021

Scenario: Mr. X translates Term A to Term B. Later, in a different project, he is asked to translate Term B back to the source language of Term A. However, Mr. X is chagrined that Term B does not appear to be an optimal effort if he simply translates to Term A. I've pondered this dynamic a few times when working a proposed translation. Have you encountered this situation? I suspect many are ahead of me on this.

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Scenario: Mr. X translates Term A to Term B. Later, in a different project, he is asked to translate Term B back to the source language of Term A. However, Mr. X is chagrined that Term B does not appear to be an optimal effort if he simply translates to Term A. I've pondered this dynamic a few times when working a proposed translation. Have you encountered this situation? I suspect many are ahead of me on this.

Literal translations involving cognates (English-Spanish for example) make translating back very easy. But when one has to initially translate to Term B by using "feel", that does not necessarily mean that Term B, if translated back to the source language, will result with Term A as the solution. I think this scenario is what is so intriguing about the translation craft. Context is everything with the initial translation and as much when re-translating back to source. I wish I had kept some examples. I'll post some when I experience them. ▲ Collapse


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