Friday, March 5, 2010

11 Most used sentences by translators


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Based on an idea by Stefano Gallorini. Stefano is a German to Italian translator and an expert in nivology and alpine forecasting. He maintains a blog which focus on searching tools.

11 comments.:

  1. Everything is true ! "context" is quite a mantra for me...
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  2. So funny!

    [translator mode on] but it's 'patient' not 'pacient' [translator mode off]
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  3. Sophie: in fact, it's maybe "too true", I should have exaggerated it

    Anonymous: thank you very much [t mode on] thanks, I corrected it! [t mode off]
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  4. Ha ha, great Alejandro! :)
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  5. I usually use a similar sentence: "It's not between my fields of expertise".
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  6. Lovely, too true. But the fact is that it really depends on the context, hehe.
    Quiet often I'm asked by my friends to translate a word or a phrase in English. When I;m not sure I tell them exactly "well, it depends on context"
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  7. -"Good morning sir, how are you ?
    -Good morning, well it depends on the context"

    Great cartoon - I like your sense of humour very much. :)
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  8. Do you need a dictionary to "translate" from one light bulb to another? ;)

    Always funny, Alejandro!
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  9. And consistency also... must be changed in a way that is consistent with previous changes, lol. Thanks for the cartoon --I needed to know I am not alone here ;-).
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  10. Very funny, I will share it via twitter. Thank you!
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  11. This one is sooooo good!!! I shared it on fb ;)
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