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Writing for Translation
Successful international companies believe that domestic (source) information products that are written with translation in mind can influence the cost and quality of translation (target-language information products) in positive ways. This seminar reviews techniques and approaches regarding:- Translation quality and its effect on budget, reputation, and liability
- Corporate approaches to ensuring translation quality such as developing style guides, glossaries, and translators notes
- The most common linguistic ambiguities when translating from English into other languages
- Controlled language, terminology issues, and tools
- How to write in English for translation
- How to choose and work with translators or translation firms
- How to develop a glossary for translation
Length = 1-2 Days
- Objectives
- Understand the key ambiguities
of American English.
- Know how to write, edit, and plan for translation.
- Know what tools to develop to facilitate the translation process.
- Know how to write, edit, and plan for translation.
- Language Structure
- Grammar and Examples of Grammatical Ambiguities
- Semantics and Examples of Semantic Ambiguities
- Phonology and Examples of Phonological Ambiguities
- Macrostructures and Examples of Rhetorical Ambiguities
- Cultural Differences in Writing (Contrastive Rhetorics)
- US American Writing
- German Writing
- Japanese Writing
- Semantics and Examples of Semantic Ambiguities
- Writing Systems
- Phonological writing systems
- Non-phonological writing systems
- The media and expression of written language (print and digital communication)
- Text expansion and contraction
- Non-phonological writing systems
- Controlled Languages
- Types of Controlled Languages
- Typical Reasons Why Companies Use Controlled Languages
- Advantages of Controlled Languages
- Disadvantages of Controlled Languages
- Commercial Tools for Controlling Language
- Non-Commerical Tools for Controlling Language
- Typical Reasons Why Companies Use Controlled Languages
- Core Information
- What Core Information Is and Is Not
- Benefits and Disadvantages
- Identifying Core Information
- Testing Core Information
- How to Use Core Information
- Benefits and Disadvantages
- Style Guide and the Project Plan
- Purpose
- Features
- The Glossary
- Purpose
- Glossary Templates
- Using the Glossary
- Glossary Templates
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