11 december 2013
The world of translation isn’t what it used to be. Large, cut-price translation companies that pay their freelancers a pittance are muscling into the market. Have highly educated, experienced, specialist translators suddenly decided – en masse – that it would be a really great idea to cut their income by 50%? You tell me. And are these aggressive new boys on the block really a threat to top-end translation companies? The simple answer is “No”. They are not in the business of handling complex, technically demanding texts. The name of their game is bulk translation. Clients who want important, high-quality documents translated had better look elsewhere.
02 oktober 2013
Rookvrijpolis wil mij volgen op Twitter. En NatureRunsWild. En ook de schooldokter. Ik voel me gevleid. Yes, nieuwe volgvragers! Ik ben populair! Maar dan slaat de twijfel toe. Wat moeten ze van mij? Waarom ben ik interessant om te volgen? En wil ík deze volgers eigenlijk wel?
02 oktober 2013
OK, your machine-translated text has all the aesthetic appeal of an arthritic, Saturday morning line dance in the local old people’s home? So what? Who cares if it is a drunkard’s walk of error strewn, stodgy prose? It was free, so that’s OK. Isn’t it? Well no, it just isn’t good enough. What about quality? What about beauty? We all deserve better.
