How to efficiently proofread Auteur du fil: mh1019
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mh1019 
Australie
Local time: 15:54
anglais vers coréen
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I translate a lot of documents that include many numbers and I find that proofreading all the numbers take a lot of time.
I usually use the Adobe PDF for the source text and Microsoft Word for translating to the target language. Sometimes I use printed source text because it's easier than looking at the screen but it is still quite tricky.
Does any have any know-how or tips to efficiently proofread documents with a lot of numbers?
Thank you,
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Roisin Ni Cheallaigh (X)
Irlande
anglais vers irlandais
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| How to proofread effectively | Jun 10, 2018 |
Read text the first time for understanding. Read it the second time and underline mistakes. You can read it a third time for meaning if you want.
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LEXpert
États-Unis
Local time: 00:54
Membre (2008)
croate vers anglais
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| Use a CAT tool | Jun 10, 2018 |
The build-in QA functions most CAT tools (e.g. Trados, MemoQ) will highlight any discrepancies in numbers between source and target, obviating the need to re-check them in the final text (barring OCR errors).
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Daniel Frisano
Italie
Local time: 07:54
Membre (2008)
anglais vers italien
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| Use a BAT tool | Jun 11, 2018 |
I use a special procedure for checking numbers. You can find it explained here:
http://danielfrisano.com/temp.pdf
It requires that there are no funny formats in the original file (e.g., tables inside text boxes).
It may seem complicated, but once you get used to it, it will take less than 5 minutes.
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Samuel Murray
Pays-Bas
Local time: 07:54
Membre (2006)
anglais vers afrikaans
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mh1019 wrote:
Does any have any know-how or tips to efficiently proofread documents with a lot of numbers?
1. The finger method: Print out the files and put them side by side, and use your left and right index fingers to point out every digit or number, and check them one by one. As a habit, always put the source text on the same side. You can speed this method up a bit by comparing source to target for one set of numbers, and then comparing target to source for the next set, and so on.
You can also use the finger method on screen. In this case, I grab the sides of the screen and use my thumbs instead of my index fingers to point at the numbers. Make sure your thumbs can comfortably reach all numbers (you may have to resize and/or move the windows a bit. Or rotate the screen so that it's in portrait mode, so that your thumbs can easily reach the middle of the screen.
2. Read out loud: If you have a friend, let them read out the numbers on the source or target while you confirm them on the other file. Use your fingers here as well. If you don't have a friend nearby, try setting it up so that a text-to-speech program reads the target text slowly while you check the source text visually.
3.1 If you have to check long-ish sets of digits, one trick is to check them from back to front.
3.2 Instead of your finger, use a short transparent ruler turned 90 degrees. This way you can see the whole number (through the ruler) but you can easily focus on a single digit.
[Edited at 2018-06-11 06:50 GMT]
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Jiaying Ma
Australie
Local time: 15:54
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| Depending on how many numbers you have in the document | Jun 11, 2018 |
If you have a lot of numbers in the document, you can use "compare" and "combine" feature to check the difference between two files. But the source document has to be in word format as well.
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 07:54
français vers anglais
| just to get back on topic... | Jun 12, 2018 |
mh1019 wrote:
I translate a lot of documents that include many numbers and I find that proofreading all the numbers take a lot of time.
I usually use the Adobe PDF for the source text and Microsoft Word for translating to the target language. Sometimes I use printed source text because it's easier than looking at the screen but it is still quite tricky.
Does any have any know-how or tips to efficiently proofread documents with a lot of numbers?
Thank you,
I believe the software PerfectIt can handle this kind of check? Of course it may not work in Korean.
Other than that, how about another pair of eyes? It doesn't have to be a translator if they only have to check the figures.
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| Tips to efficiently Proofreading | Sep 14, 2018 |
There are some tips for efficient proofreading are:
1. Focus On Punctuation!
2. Take A Break Before Proofreading The Text
3. Ask Somebody To Proofread It For You! (Any professional like English Teacher so you should know about your mistakes after proofreading)
4. Make Use Of Online Tools
5. Split The Text Into Pieces
6. Pay Extra Attention To Names And Numbers
7. Take Your Time!
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