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What are the Biggest Challenges in Translation?
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Maria Andrso (X)
Maria Andrso (X)
Παλαιστίνη
Αραβικά σε Αγγλικά
Sep 27, 2024

Translators always face challenges in their work. My question is, what is the biggest challenge you've encountered in your translation projects?
I'm interested to hear your experiences and insights on these challenges.

Ana Grace (X)
Tala Suleiman
Nargis Nazir
 
Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Local time: 20:40
Ρουμανικά σε Αγγλικά
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There are several challenges Sep 28, 2024

Translating in a very narrow area of the legal field, these are the biggest challenges I encounter:

1- very tight deadlines (receive source Friday afternoon in the US and Monday morning a suspect needs
to be arrested in Europe)

2- poorly written (spelling, logic, legal) source (wrongly written statutes, wrong dates)

3- crazy formatting (all kind of stamps and seals, all over the place, in all imaginable positions)

Considering the leg... See more
Translating in a very narrow area of the legal field, these are the biggest challenges I encounter:

1- very tight deadlines (receive source Friday afternoon in the US and Monday morning a suspect needs
to be arrested in Europe)

2- poorly written (spelling, logic, legal) source (wrongly written statutes, wrong dates)

3- crazy formatting (all kind of stamps and seals, all over the place, in all imaginable positions)

Considering the legal implications, the fact that these documents are transmitted through diplomatic channels, the translation must be perfect.

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Πορτογαλία
Local time: 01:40
Μέλος από 2007
Αγγλικά σε Πορτογαλικά
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Well, well... Sep 28, 2024

Why have you changed your name while I was answering your question?

Liviu-Lee Roth
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