Translation speed is one of the 8 assessment criteria for a translator at AM Vietnam. The translation speed is influenced by 4 main factors: background knowledge, language skills, text processing skills and communication skills. These are also the 4 main translation factors that a translator needs to practice and improve over time. This article will look at these 4 factors in more detail.
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Translation Corner: 6 Useful Tools for Professional Translators
Scientific and technological advances have made an impact on many aspects of life, including the translation industry. Today, not all translators do their job the conventional way – just looking at the source document and translate into a white paper. Today, they can make use of various applications to improve translation quality and ensure timely …
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Machine translation: A guide to machine translation post-editing
Machine translation engines are gradually taking the place of the translator. Their translation output is raw translations, so in some cases, to get a perfect translation, editing will be required. That is the job of humans. In this article, I will briefly introduce the method of machine translation post-editing being used at AM Vietnam. You …
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Translation Corner: 7 tips for effective self-review
Translation Corner: 7 tips for effective self-review A first-draft translation cannot make a perfect translation. There certainly will have a number of errors, which can be typos, mistranslation, over-translation, etc. Finding errors in other translator’s work is easy, but finding errors in your own translation is a different matter. As you translate the text yourself, …
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