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Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language — the source text — and the production, in another language, of a new, equivalent text — the target text, or translation.

Traditionally, translation has been a human activity, although attempts have been made to automate and computerize the translation of natural-language texts — machine translation — or to use computers as an aid to translation — computer-assisted translation.

The goal of translation is generally to establish a relation of equivalence of intent between the source and target texts (that is to say, to ensure that both texts communicate the same message), while taking into account a number of constraints. These constraints include context, the rules of grammar of both languages, their writing conventions, their idioms, and the like.

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Ugg. responded to student asking for help by telling same to put energy into other classes. Translation: you failed mine. there is no hope.
Yondalla (Yondalla) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:05:21 -0000
Ugg. responded to student asking for help by telling same to put energy into other classes. Translation: you failed mine. there is no hope.
@TheGreenPuma Translation: 15 chapters is way too short. Write more or Boris will come after you with his bazooka.
jackbauer429 (stacey ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:05:19 -0000
@TheGreenPuma Translation: 15 chapters is way too short. Write more or Boris will come after you with his bazooka.
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Translating the Bible is no joke. But what's in a political 'translation'? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonit... http://shar.es/aDXnx
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Translating the Bible is no joke. But what's in a political 'translation'? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonit... http://shar.es/aDXnx
help with translation please: OK so I need to send a text in chinese. Only way I can do this is by typing pinyin ... http://twurl.nl/se4xru
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help with translation please: OK so I need to send a text in chinese. Only way I can do this is by typing pinyin ... http://twurl.nl/se4xru
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Help with translation please: OK so I need to send a text in chinese. Only way I can do this is by typing pinyin ... http://twurl.nl/vp13cd

 
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A Handbook for Literary Translators - E-text of the PEN American Center Translation Committee. Available for browser viewing or as a Word 97 download.

At-turjuman - Translation and interlingual communication abstracts, articles and research papers.

BabelCode Project - Proposals for machine friendly text authoring which will facilitate better machine translation.

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Ring of Translation Research - Webring for sites about translation research.
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Strategies in Translation - Dissertation of John Richard Morton Gledhill literary translation theory.

The Freelance Translation Profession - Lecture by M.S.N. Carpenter on whether freelancing is viable. Discusses various issues, including tips.

The Language Realm - Roger Chriss's page with library and resources, including his Language as a Profession series of articles.

Translatio - General information about books and translation, in English and Greek.

Translation and Languages Guide - Christian Erwig-Straughan's page about professional translation practice. Favourable mention of the companies Lengua Translations, Admcity China, Language Intelligence and Echo International.
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