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Guide to Unicode Greek

Introduction

All authors publishing with Dumbarton Oaks are required to submit text that is Unicode compliant. This policy applies to the submission of any text in any language, not simply polytonic Greek. For some of our authors, particularly those who work only in western European languages, this poses no problem, since the Latin alphabet has been de facto Unicode compliant for decades. For those of you who use Greek, however, the prospect of creating Unicode-compliant Greek may be daunting. You may ask, why convert, especially if a particular font has suited your needs for some time. Given the frequency with which computing changes, it is sensible to wonder how long this standard will endure, and how complicated it is to configure your computer.

This guide is intended to answer these questions, by explaining the importance and benefit of the standard, and by providing instructions on how to set up your computer to be Unicode compliant. Only the most essential information about Unicode Greek is presented here. Suggestions for further reading can be found at the end of this guide.

A translator’s CV – a translator’s best friend (Part 2)

By Michael J. McCann,
Celbridge, Co. Kildare, IRELAND,
professional member of the ITIA,
owner of the InfoMarex translation agency and database

translations@infomarex.com

www.infomarex.com
An internet enterprise of professional translation services

A translator’s CV – a translator’s best friend (Part 1)

By Michael J. McCann,
Celbridge, Co. Kildare, IRELAND,
professional member of the ITIA,
owner of the InfoMarex translation agency and database

translations@infomarex.com

www.infomarex.com
An internet enterprise of professional translation services

Lost in Translation:

How to Avoid Errors in Translation from English

Abstract

The major aim of the paper is to attempt an explanatory account for errors found in translating from English to Thai. The data are restricted to word and phrasal errors collected from students' translation, anecdotes, and DVD subtitles. From the analysis, the sources of errors can be divided into the translator's problematic reading process of the source text and wrong lexical interpretation. Suggestions to improve the translation quality are included. Classroom applications are also provided.

His Majesty, The Interpreter: The Fascinating World of Simultaneous Translation

Original title:	Sua Majestade, O Intérprete
By:	Ewandro Magalhães, Jr.
Publisher:	Parábola Editorial
ISBN-13:	978-85-88456-59-4
Number of pages:	232
Price (in Brazil):	R$19.90

t a meeting of the Portuguese Language Division some time ago, Tereza Braga, a former administrator of the Division, sang the praises of a book written in Portuguese about the translation and interpreting professions. When Gabe Bokor asked me to review a copy of it, I jumped at the chance. Expectations were high for this small volume whose title translates: "His Majesty, the Interpreter: the Fascinating World of Simultaneous Translation." And, overall, my expectations were not disappointed.

La evaluación en los estudios de traducción e interpretación

por María-José Varela Salinas, reseñada por

Título de la obra:	La evaluación en los estudios de traducción e interpretación
Autores:	varios
Compilada por:	María-José Varela Salinas
Editora:	Editorial Bienza
Año de la publicación:	2006
ISBN-13:	9788493396282
Número de páginas:	330
Precio:	20€ (USD25,03)

sta obra colectiva, editada por María-José Varela Salinas, profesora titular del Departamento de Traducción e Interpretación de la Universidad de Málaga, recoge una serie de contribuciones que está relacionada, como bien indica su título, con la evaluación en los Estudios de Traducción e Interpretación. Los autores de los distintos capítulos muestran su inquietud por la evaluación del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y por la inexistencia de criterios normalizados acerca de la evaluación en este campo. Avalados por su propia experiencia docente presentan las distintas competencias que todo profesional de este campo debe dominar, sus repercusiones en la didáctica de la traducción y, por tanto, en la evaluación.

The Bellicose Character of Medical Prose

"There are three factors: the disease, the patient, the physician.
The physician is the servant of the art. The patient
must cooperate with the physician in combating the disease."

Hippocrates, Epidemics, I, 11 (ca. 400 B.C.)

ombating the disease," said our venerable Father of Medicine close to 400 years B.C. (1), and today we say: "kill the virus," "arrest the growth," "eradicate the infection," "conquer cancer." "Senator Kennedy is bravely battling brain cancer," said the newscaster.

The Bottom Line

Practical tips for practicing translators.

Q:

Dear Fire Ant & Worker Bee,

I can see a recession is coming on; what should I do to protect my translation business from it?

Translating Publicity Texts in the Light of the Skopos Theory:

Problems and Suggestions

Abstract The present paper aims to explore the activity of translating Chinese publicity texts into English within the framework of the skopos theory, with special reference to Shaoxing mingshi culture-related texts. First, the basic principles of the skopos theory are outlined, followed by a discussion of their application in translating publicity texts. An attempt is then made to analyze four types of translation errors prevalent in English translations of publicity texts by drawing on Nord's functional model. The paper concludes with some suggestions to solve the problems.

One's Loss, Another's Gain:

1.0 Introduction

n translations of Japanese to English, issues of loss and gain are especially pertinent. Whether in translating honorific and humble forms or absent and inferred words, translators of Japanese are often faced with decisions on how to best fill in the large gap between the two languages, especially when translated text genres have not yet been clearly defined. This paper will discuss how cultural expectations of academic writing in both the Source Language (SL) and Target Language (TL) should affect how voice is constructed in translation. The translation of language with implicit relational or cultural cues as well as loss/gain issues will be discussed, particularly the problem of subject inference in Japanese and to what extent passive sentence construction should be used to translate such inferred subject constructions. The paper will first present model translations of problematic structures and discuss how these translation methods are or are not successful, and then discuss tactics that were used to overcome the same cultural problems in a translation done by this author. Methodology will focus mainly on the importance of genre considerations and a nuanced understanding of culture and genre when translating.