Friday, March 30, 2012

10 Date with a translator

Date with a translator
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Based on an idea by Aida González Del Álamo, an Italian and English to Spanish translator. Her original post (Spanish) is a must read. Two nice colleagues translated it later into English and Italian for their own blogs.

10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    My man goes nuts when I ask for more context each time he wants me to translate a random word he doesn't understand while surfing on the Internet...

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    1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2012 at 7:53 PM

      Same here!! And he goes even more nuts when I end the exchange with a lecture about the importance of context, the pitfalls of translation, the fact that I'm not a walking dictionary, that I'm not asking for more context because I just don't KNOW what the word means, etc. :-))

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    2. AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 11:38 AM

      Hahaha!!!! Exactly the same here!!! "Wht dya mean you don't know that word?!"

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  2. AnonymousMarch 30, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    It's great :)

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  3. AidaMarch 31, 2012 at 3:45 PM

    My friend Ivan, who has worked with me on the booth many times, gave me the Moox book as a Christmas present, so you can imagine how happy you have made me with the mention.
    I did have a similar experience with stars and a date that was a bit surprised by the weird facts I was telling him non-stop about stars and tides, because I had just done an interpreting project on the subject.

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  4. AidaMarch 31, 2012 at 4:36 PM

    By the way, the post was translated into English and Italian by two blogs, if anyone wants to read them, I leave here the links of the two nice colleagues that dedicated their time to do the translation:

    5 things you should know before dating a translator: http://becomingsevillana.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/5-things-to-consider-if-you-want-to-go.html

    Le cinque cose da sapere prima di uscire con un traduttore/interprete: http://snowflakesinmay.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/le-cinque-cose-da-sapere-prima-di.html

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  5. Alejandro Moreno-RamosMarch 31, 2012 at 6:36 PM

    Thank you, Aida, I may steal some other of your ideas for future cartoons.

    I added the links to the post.

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  6. AidaMarch 31, 2012 at 10:46 PM

    Please, steal away (I will be honoured)

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  7. CassyApril 1, 2012 at 3:11 PM

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  8. Inés Alcolea LlopisApril 8, 2012 at 6:55 PM

    hahahahahahahah lovely it's soooo true! and appart from that, our partners must handle with so many linguistic words linked with normal situations hahaha

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