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Ten misconceptions about translators and translation
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Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 17:51
French to English
For the translation of a paper on dental surgery Sep 3, 2013

"The technical words are all more or less the same in both languages, so you don't actually need to translate the words, just the grammar."



I'm sorry, I would like to reassure you that he was kidding, but I can only add insult to injury by specifying that I wasn't even a translator at the time, just a kid fresh out of school trying to wing it as an English teacher.
 
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Ten misconceptions about translators and translation






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