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» Read or weep
By Michal Glowacki | Published 04/12/2011 | Marketing Your Language Services | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecIRateSecI
Although it should be obvious that good reading skills are essential to any translator, it's really not. Too many translators don't take the time and effort to read.
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» A Diagnostic Framework for OCR Failures in Scanned Multilingual PDFs
By wangwang huang | Published 08/24/2026 | Hardware and Operating Systems , Software and the Internet | Not yet recommended
A practical, tool-neutral method for separating damaged text layers, image-quality problems, script-selection errors, layout failures, and translation-stage defects in scanned multilingual PDFs.
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» Linguistic Barriers in Crisis Response - The Critical Need for Ontological Awareness
By nicolas gruson | Published 08/18/2026 | Art/Literary Translation , Medical Translation , Translation Techniques , Interpreting , Translation Theory , Social Sciences Translation , Translator/Client Matching , Accessibility | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
An exploration of how linguistic barriers, ontological reality, and cultural hyperobjects impact survival and human dignity in emergency response and NGO contexts, and how information context saves lives.
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» Vijf valkuilen bij het vertalen van Belgische gerechtelijke stukken naar het Frans
By Philippe LOGNOUL | Published 08/17/2026 | Legal/Patent Translation , Translation Techniques | Not yet recommended
Belgische procedurestukken naar het Frans vertalen lijkt eenvoudig omdat er al een Franse rechtstaal bestaat. Precies daarin schuilt het gevaar. Vijf terugkerende fouten — vonnis tegenover arrest, de hervorming van 2018, de partijbenamingen in hoger beroep, Belgisch tegenover Frans Frans, en het feit dat de officiële Franse tekst van de wet al bestaat — met telkens de reden waarom zij meer kosten dan zij lijken te kosten.
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» Categorization of Translation Mistakes Made by Artificial Intelligence
By Henry Whittlesey Schroeder | Published 08/11/2026 | Software and the Internet | Not yet recommended
After broaching the primary artificial intelligence issues for translation in the first article of this series, I will delve into the weaknesses at greater length here. The initial article contains a brief description of four categories of errors: style, harmonization, terminology and interpretation of abstractions/references. Those types of mistakes are critical for the stakeholders in the translation process (client/customer, language service provider, and translator). In this article, I will address these in greater depth, while also adding a few other types of flaws.
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» Should the Translator Take the Reader to the Author, or the Author to the Reader?
By Giulbas Kazimova | Published 08/9/2026 | Translation Theory | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecA
Foreignisation and domestication are two fundamental approaches in translation. This article explores how translators balance cultural fidelity and readability, and why the most appropriate strategy often depends on the purpose, genre and target audience of the text.
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