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How to improve translation skill!
Thread poster: suchitrac9
Flávia Werneck
Flávia Werneck
Brazil
English to Portuguese
I couldn't agree more! Oct 26, 2018

Daryo wrote:
Back to more professional methods - it makes a difference / helps a lot to read first the whole text, and to understand the basics and the logic / the ways of thinking in the given field. Knowing how and where to find the missing explanations and best suited translations makes also a difference.


I couldn't agree more! Translators use to work with different types of subjects, some are more familiar than others. In my opinion, the first thing you must do is read the text from top to bottom, then you will realize if you know the subject or if you need to do a big research; and with that discrimination you are able to translate with the best expressions and appropriate terms. Later, you can actually begin to translate and do a good job. If you don't read and research, you can produce a poor translation.
 
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