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Thread poster: Damian Harrison (X)
Damian Harrison (X)
Damian Harrison (X)
Germany
Local time: 06:46
German to English
May 10, 2007

Take a look at this book at amazon.de. Look closely at the cover....

http://www.amazon.de/Translators-Self-Training-German-Practical-Translation/dp/1887563628/ref=sr_1_19/303-4917186-3873802?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1178809356&sr=1-19
 
casey
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United States
Local time: 00:46
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Japanese to English
Is there something wrong with you eyes? May 10, 2007

I don't see anything wrong.
 
Lindsay Sabadosa (X)
Lindsay Sabadosa (X)  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 00:46
Italian to English
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Improve you translation skills May 10, 2007

Yes... I'd say that there is definitely something wrong.
 
PB Trans
PB Trans

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French to English
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And check the customer review... May 10, 2007

It could have been worse though... they could have written "you're translation skills"!
 
Nesrin
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United Kingdom
Local time: 05:46
English to Arabic
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All other versions are ok May 10, 2007

For some reason, the typo is only there in the German version of the book. All the others are correct http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_/302-4328981-9616064?__mk_de_DE=�M�Z��&url=search-alias=english-books&field-keywords=translators%20self-training&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
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For some reason, the typo is only there in the German version of the book. All the others are correct http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_/302-4328981-9616064?__mk_de_DE=�M�Z��&url=search-alias=english-books&field-keywords=translators%20self-training&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

To be honest, I read the page at least twice and couldn't spot the typo!! ▲ Collapse
 
MGL
MGL  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 06:46
Russian to English
interesting May 10, 2007

The cover of the Russian one offers *Spanish* technical dictionaries... (which I suppose would be helpful if your pair were Russian-Spanish or vice versa).

[Edited at 2007-05-10 22:07]
 
Jack Doughty
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United Kingdom
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In memoriam
Not all other versions are OK. May 11, 2007

The Spanish and French versions have you instead of your. The Italian, Chinese and Arabic have your. The Hebrew and Japanese display a smaller picture than the others, and the image produced by clicking Großeres Bild is not Großeres at all, it is the same very small one, but I think those two also have your.
 
Nadine Kahn
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Germany
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English to German
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That's what I thought May 21, 2007

Pina Broccoli wrote:

It could have been worse though... they could have written "you're translation skills"!


This would have been worse! I spot it more and more often...
 


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