{"id":14928,"date":"2022-08-04T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/?p=14928"},"modified":"2022-08-04T12:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:28:38","slug":"10-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/10-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Should Never Say to a Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I came across this compilation over on translatorfun.com<\/a> by Romina Bona. (She also creates brilliant comics about translators and their joys and struggles, btw, which are also for sale here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. I just had my secretary write a 70-page document, can you quickly proofread it for me?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You are a translator, right? What does (insert random word with no context) mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. I took French in high school and was looking for some work on the side, could you help me get into the industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What! So you translate from home? Is that an actual job?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Wait, what? $(fill in the blank) for a job that will literally take a few hours to translate? I\u2019ll use Google Translate instead!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. There\u2019s no way it can take that long! I needed this yesterday! It\u2019s only 25 pages long, a day is surely more than enough. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. So, I had my friend look over the document you translated. She speaks French and doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s very good. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. We need you to translate a super confidential document and can only send it after we agree on a price. How much will you charge?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. I need you to maintain the formatting in this scanned JPEG file I\u2019m sending you to translate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Can you please give me a quote to translate my website www.(ridiculousnumberofpages).com?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve been in business for a while, I’m sure you have heard at least a few of these things being said. If you want to read more and get good advice on how to respond, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across this compilation over on translatorfun.com by Romina Bona. (She also creates brilliant comics about translators and their joys and struggles, btw, which are also for sale here.) 1. I just had my secretary write a 70-page document, can you quickly proofread it for me? 2. You are a translator, right? What does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[956,1425,966,1184],"tags":[90,525,166],"class_list":["post-14928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-freelancer-2","category-professional-translation","category-translation-2","tag-english","tag-freelancing","tag-translation","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t