Friday, January 20, 2012

11 Translators, first victims of marketing

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Based on an idea by Mykhailo Voloshko.

11 comments:

  1. ViolettaJanuary 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    Been there (in Mox's shoes)! :)
    I once had to test Blackberry interface, and was very tempted to buy one when I needed a smart phone. And I still hope to buy some food supplements I was translating a year ago! :)
    I guess, when you've read a marketing text half a dozen times (translating, proofreading, checking, double-checking, copyediting...), its suggestive powers become simply irrestistible!

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    1. GenevièveJanuary 25, 2012 at 8:57 AM

      For some products or services, I have exactly the opposite reaction: those marketing texts are sometimes so smarmy and it is sometimes so painful for a technical translator to translate the "poetic" and thrilled contents, that translating them me hate the product or the company.

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    2. GenevièveJanuary 25, 2012 at 9:29 AM

      I meant "translating them makes me hate the product or the company".

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  2. vierasJanuary 20, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    That is just like me! :)

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  3. IvyJanuary 20, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    Same here, same here... again!

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  4. AdrianaJanuary 20, 2012 at 3:31 PM

    I am Mox! Female latina version... but Mox!

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  5. ElenaLetnyayaJanuary 20, 2012 at 5:15 PM

    Hahaha, it is so true of me! )

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:51 PM

    Inception.

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  7. Judy Jenner and Dagmar JennerJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:43 AM

    Brilliant as usual. We recognize ourselves for sure.... :)

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  8. FrancescoJanuary 25, 2012 at 7:45 PM

    I am MOX!!!
    But usually people follow my advice!!!

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  9. LaurenFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    I find the same thing, when I've managed a few products for a customer, I tend to be drawn to their products on shelves. You definitely start to feel very involved after a while!

    Great blog, much enjoy reading it.

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