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Culture-specific elements in scientific, professional and official translation: tips & tricks

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Ganna Gudkova
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English to Russian
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question re: this training Aug 22, 2013

I'm preparing for the ATA exam, and interested in mainly improving faithfulness and word choice/terminology. Do you think this course would help me?
 
Jasmina Djordjevic
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Serbia
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German to Serbian
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Sorry for not answering earlier Sep 2, 2013

Hello gud_annet,

I apologize for not answering earlier, but I have not seen the question until now. I really do not know how I could have missed it.

Yes, "faithfulness and word choice/ terminology" can most certainly be considered part of cogno-cultural issues to handle in translation. The webinar (and the self-paced training) covers the most common types of culture-based problems (cognates, false friends, eponyms, etc.) which are rather demanding.

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Hello gud_annet,

I apologize for not answering earlier, but I have not seen the question until now. I really do not know how I could have missed it.

Yes, "faithfulness and word choice/ terminology" can most certainly be considered part of cogno-cultural issues to handle in translation. The webinar (and the self-paced training) covers the most common types of culture-based problems (cognates, false friends, eponyms, etc.) which are rather demanding.

I hope I have managed to answer your question though rather late.

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earlyesther
earlyesther
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Indonesian to English
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link??? Sep 6, 2013

Where is the course held? I haven't received any links yet...

Thank you,
Esther
 
Helen Shepelenko
Helen Shepelenko
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link??? Sep 6, 2013

esther tanuadji wrote:

Where is the course held? I haven't received any links yet...

Thank you,
Esther


Hello Esther,

I have just resent the link to your email address.

Hope this helps.

My bests,
Helen
 


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