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Translation favorites (Mar 2-15) — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 20:07:14 +0000

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By: Oleg Gordeev

Oleg Gordeev — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:06:44 +0000

The best translation is where it does not feel as a translation. Great article!

By: Tiberiu Weisz

Tiberiu Weisz — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:32:42 +0000

Good article and good points. I would like to make some additional points. A good translation must convey the intent, tone, measure, style … of the original. In your example you turned “she had fear..” into “she was afraid…” the intent and measure of the sentence may not convey the original text. Depending on the context of the original it would be more appropriate to translate “she was terrified…”
Another point: to change the word “ not complicated” to “simply” the translator inserted own interpretation.
Similarly, the Hebrew idiom “be’eynay” is more likely to carry the tone of “it seems to me” rather than “in my opinion” (le’daati).