MLF2001 23 Fri 11h35: Your 'Wish' for your partner's formative (not your own) by Horsley, Adam

2023-11-24 12:10:01 UTC

Despite it the TT flowing, there are some cases of using the wrong word or awkward phrases 😔

avoid awkward expressions

2023-11-24 12:10:12 UTC

try and read back in your head to give the most fluent in english answers

2023-11-24 12:10:33 UTC

There were some words/expressions that could’ve fit better with the register

2023-11-24 12:10:53 UTC

In the commentary questions give examples of translations you considered using and why you didn’t use them.

2023-11-24 12:11:04 UTC

Use more than just one example from the ST in the first commentary question

2023-11-24 12:11:06 UTC

Double check the tense of the ST before translating

Wish

2023-11-24 12:11:15 UTC

Sometimes the expressions are translated directly and this leads to calque

2023-11-24 12:11:34 UTC

Great examples given of formal register in the ST, but also include examples of how you replicated this in the TT

Tenses

2023-11-24 12:12:17 UTC

Having ST tenses reflect the ones used in TT.

2023-11-24 12:12:31 UTC

wish - to re-read work at the end and see if everything makes sense in English, maybe be more flexible when translating to avoid awkward expressions

2023-11-24 12:12:31 UTC

Although there are many really good collocations in the translation, some phrases could benefit from a more appropriate choice of words to best suit the register of the text as well as the target language.

2023-11-24 12:12:47 UTC

To be careful with certain expressions in the translation as some of them could have been translated with more fluidity

Sometimes there are meaning distortions that alter the flow

2023-11-24 12:12:58 UTC

2023-11-24 12:13:14 UTC

The translation flowed very well however to achieve this, many words were added which were not in the original text which distorted the meaning slightly.