พนักงานแยกธาตุ

22:40 Apr 13, 2018 

Thanks for the clarification. I was purposely not referring to my entry. I’m only half confident about it, even though it has received peer agreement. I was broadly speaking about finding matching positions/roles used in the target language. However if it was a general description it might include a “ที่” as in “พนักงานที่แยกธาตุ”. I still am not certain about this but hope it can be useful.

20:33 Apr 13, 2018 

Hey Dylan. That was really what I was asking about your entry: I don't see evidence of this is an actual "position" in Thai, for example a job description of what a พนักงานแยกธาตุ actually does in Thailand, an example of someone with this as a title, a salary, etc., as there is for your English term. (And, for example, as there is for an actual position in Thailand called a ผู้ช่วยเจ้าหน้าที่ชันสูตรศพ that has a similar job description to your Autopsy Technician: http://job.ocsc.go.th/JobShow.aspx?JobID=635660678072683055 ) From the context, it rather seemed to be a more general description. My feeling is that using a term that has a real-world usage in English as a common job title with specific associations would therefore not be accurate.

16:59 Apr 13, 2018 

A note: While there are references for the action, the position itself cannot be cited. It might be more appropriate selecting translation terms that have real-world usage in the target language rather than inventing new terms. We are translators, not language professors, and I question our right to be so ‘creative’.