Tag Archives: Translation

A translator’s lot is not an easy one…

Posted 79 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

A translator’s lot is not an easy one… There are some professions – heart surgeon, physicist, deep-sea diver – which generate a sense of impenetrable expertise; no-one would dream of offering a neurophysicist their ten cents’ worth on the best …

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Eliot Weinberger on a new translation of the Psalms

Posted 187 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

The full article is more than worth reading, but I just wanted to share an extract from Eliot Weinberger’s review of Robert Alter’s 2007 translation of the Psalms. Alter puportedly wanted to strip away the anachronous Christian-isms of the King …

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Leading edge processes in translation

Posted 317 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

When efficient processes are implemented, they have a direct impact on the quality of the final result. Efficient project managers coordinate all resources to meet customer expectations and ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Regardless of the quality of a translator’s work, …

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The day before yesterday

Posted 368 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Nuestro mañana será más luminoso [sic] que nuestro ayer y nuestro hoy. Pero ¿quién pondría la mano en el fuego en cuanto a que nuestro pasado mañana no vaya a ser peor que nuestro anteayer? [Our tomorrow will be more …

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Our favourite translation/language blogs

Posted 513 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Today we’d like to share with you a list of our favourite language/translation/grammar blogs…perfect for when you don’t want to work but need to maintain a semblance of productivity… Dialect blog: http://dialectblog.com/ Language Log, of course: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ David Crystal: the …

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