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Oct
1
2016
Translator's Anamnesis
TRANSLATOR'S ANAMNESIS or Why so many questions? When you visit a doctor for the first time, he asks you the usual questions about the vaccinations and the illnesses you had an so on. The doctor needs this information for your medical history: the better he knows you, the better he can help you. This procedure is called anamnesis. The medical profession and the one of a translator have much...
Sep
29
2016
Translator's Rights and Duties
TRANSLATOR'S RIGHTS AND DUTIES A Compendium Each occupation has its own rules of professional behavior. They are based on common sense, generally acknowledged moral principles and their derivatives – laws. And though there is no analogy of the Hippocratic Oath for translators, every self-respecting one has an idea about a certain moral code that their clients expect to be respected. This...
Sep
29
2016
Terms Used in Translation
TERMS USED IN TRANSLATION There exists a number of terms that translators cannot help using when they contact their clients. Original – a speech or a written text which is an object of translation to another language (= source text). Translation – 1) something that is or has been translated, esp. a written text; – 2) the...