Poll: How many translation-related books do you own? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How many translation-related books do you own?".
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I used to teach translation theory at Georgetown University. If you count linguistics, I once had over 200, but I sold my collection.
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6 on my bookshelf and a few boxes filled with old translation books somewhere in the basement...
| | | | | To me, EVERY book is translation-related | Nov 16, 2014 |
It may be a professionally acquired disease, however I think in two languages (EN+PT) all the time. Any input my brain receives in one language is automatically echoed inside in the other.
I can guess how it developed, yet I don't want to bore you with the somewhat long story here. Bottom line is that when I watch a movie spoken in one of these languages (usually EN) and subtitled in the other (usually PT), I take both inputs at the same time. Some cable TV operators here are carele... See more It may be a professionally acquired disease, however I think in two languages (EN+PT) all the time. Any input my brain receives in one language is automatically echoed inside in the other.
I can guess how it developed, yet I don't want to bore you with the somewhat long story here. Bottom line is that when I watch a movie spoken in one of these languages (usually EN) and subtitled in the other (usually PT), I take both inputs at the same time. Some cable TV operators here are careless, so now and then they turn off the subtitles. In order to give you the picture, when I'm watching a movie spoken in EN and subtitled in PT, if either the subtitles or the sound vanishes, I have EXACTLY the same sensation as when I'm listening to stereo music via earphones, and it's suddenly switched to mono.
Apparently my brain has been trained to take any input attached to the question "How would you translate this?". Perhaps it's like people say about some psychologists, who can't refrain from analyzing each and every human utterance they hear.
So when I read an original book, I involuntarily and effortlessly translate it into the other language, can't stop it. When I read a translated book, if it was done either way in my language pair, I automatically back-translate it.
And no, I am NOT a simultaneous interpreter, I simply can't do it. Only once, for some 15 minutes, I was forced to do chuchotage, and I'll never do it again. For consecutive interpreting, which I do occasionally, I know hundreds of colleagues who do it much, much better. However every time I do sight translation, I see people peeking at the paper I'm reading from, trying to check whether it's really the source text, or some previously arranged cheat sheet.
Finally no, I did NOT grow up in a bilingual environment. Actually I did, but not in my working language pair. My parents spoke PT as a second language (actually the sixth or seventh they learned through their lives), PL being their first one, DE their second. While I never learned PL nor DE, they never learned any EN at all. Technically, some purists here on Proz would not consider me a native EN speaker. I began studying ESL at age 9, in the UK variant. Only when I was 23, I went to the USA, had a radical and complete variant conversion, and developed spoken fluency. Ever since, I wouldn't be able to speak or write EN-UK to save my life, if I had to. ▲ Collapse
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:07
Spanish to English
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4-7 if you count dictionaries, 0-3 if you don't.
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United Kingdom
Local time: 20:07
Russian to English
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In memoriam
Over 70 if you count dictionaries, 4-6 if you don't.
| | | | Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 04:07
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
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SERIOUS SCAM ALERT - VERY URGENT INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS US ALL
Please excuse me for posting this information here in this poll.
Our Proz profiles have been stolen and are being used on the following site:
http://lingvopoint.com/index.php
I came to this conclusion because my profile on this site is exactly the same as the one I use in Proz.
More ... See more SERIOUS SCAM ALERT - VERY URGENT INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS US ALL
Please excuse me for posting this information here in this poll.
Our Proz profiles have been stolen and are being used on the following site:
http://lingvopoint.com/index.php
I came to this conclusion because my profile on this site is exactly the same as the one I use in Proz.
More frightening is the fact that the profiles of all of those who have posted here in this poll today are in there, too - probably offering translation at ridiculously low rates. Input your name in the search field on the Translators page.
This is a serious crime! I hope that Proz can do something about this to protect our identities.
Thank you Allison Wright for posting this info in LinkedIn.
[Edited at 2014-11-16 12:32 GMT]
Addition:
You can find out more about this crime in the following forum:
http://www.proz.com/forum/scams/277712-another_unauthorised_directory_listing_lingvopointcom.html
Why was Proz security so lax that people could download all this information from the Proz site?
Added 'addition' onwards
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Brazil
Local time: 16:07
Portuguese to English
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| With dictionaries? | Nov 16, 2014 |
Does this 'translation-related books' include dictionaries or not?
If not, I have 4 to 7: including the two Saidic works, the classic by Jenner&Jenner (The Entrepreneurial Linguist), the masterpiece 'The Prosperous Translator' and then that treasure trove '101 Things that a Translator Needs to Know.' Next on the wish list are the works by Corinne McKay and Oleg Rudavin. I also have one of the classic works by Paulo Rónai, a famous Hungarian-born Brazilian translator.
(Saidic = by F... See more Does this 'translation-related books' include dictionaries or not?
If not, I have 4 to 7: including the two Saidic works, the classic by Jenner&Jenner (The Entrepreneurial Linguist), the masterpiece 'The Prosperous Translator' and then that treasure trove '101 Things that a Translator Needs to Know.' Next on the wish list are the works by Corinne McKay and Oleg Rudavin. I also have one of the classic works by Paulo Rónai, a famous Hungarian-born Brazilian translator.
(Saidic = by Fabio Said, a famous Brazilian translator). ▲ Collapse
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 15:07
English to Spanish
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| Quite a few...dozens | Nov 16, 2014 |
I couldn't part with my books, dictionaries, etc.
At last count, my books directly related to translation are 33 (you may browse them here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6570372/deliciouslibrary/traductologadidctica.html
I have 18 Spanish dictionaries, 45 English dictionaries, 33 of which are EnglishSpanish dictionarie... See more I couldn't part with my books, dictionaries, etc.
At last count, my books directly related to translation are 33 (you may browse them here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6570372/deliciouslibrary/traductologadidctica.html
I have 18 Spanish dictionaries, 45 English dictionaries, 33 of which are EnglishSpanish dictionaries, and 7 dictionaries in other languages, including Japanese, French and Dutch.
Like José Enrique, every book is related, directly or indirectly, with translation. While I don't share his ability or inclination to back translate, my brain ceaselessly threads the different readings from those books into translation, writing, reading topics that I later blog about.
By the way, I use an application called Delicious Library (for Mac only), that I use to catalog every book I own, as well as movies and CDs. If you want to take a peek, feel free to peruse:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6570372/deliciouslibrary/index.html
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| | | | | You mean, like.. made out of paper? | Nov 16, 2014 |
I only have a few physical books - mostly ones for school. I don't have many directly related to translation, but I have hundreds on business management, marketing, website design, and now I'm building a collection on YouTube.
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I tried accessing your Dropbox link but I got a 404. Do you think it's because of the Mac thing? (I'm really more of a PC-based individual.)
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Mariel Azoubel wrote: I tried accessing your Dropbox link but I got a 404. Do you think it's because of the Mac thing? (I'm really more of a PC-based individual.)
Mariel, notice that Mario's punctuation became part of the link. simple delete the " ) " from the end. The same thing happens if somebody puts a period or comma at the end of link, without first breaking it with a space.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 15:07
English to Spanish
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Maxi Schwarz wrote: Mariel Azoubel wrote: I tried accessing your Dropbox link but I got a 404. Do you think it's because of the Mac thing? (I'm really more of a PC-based individual.) Mariel, notice that Mario's punctuation became part of the link. simple delete the " ) " from the end. The same thing happens if somebody puts a period or comma at the end of link, without first breaking it with a space.
Did not catch that.
Must be because I have my working-all-day-on-a-Sunday pair of eyes on.
Thanks for the help!
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