Poll: What resources do you rely on for culturally sensitive translation/interpreting? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What resources do you rely on for culturally sensitive translation/interpreting?".
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You mean as opposed to culturally insensitive translation/interpreting?
| | | | Kay Denney 
France
Local time: 01:45
French to English
I rely on my flair for cultural sensitivity. I read a lot in English, my "cultural sensitivity radar" is always alert.
I've often pointed out to clients that "no you can't put that, there are English-speaking people who will freak out at that".
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 01:45
English to French
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| Experience, micro-community knowledge | Apr 15, 2025 |
When I intepreted psychiatric interviews, the doctor would always keep me for a while, after the session with a patient, and asked: “I wanna make sure I don’t miss any cultural nuances.” Then I’d go and explain some common cultural norms in micro-communities that were relevant to the specific patient/interview.
As for translations, any culturally-sensitive translation in my language pair is paid really bad, so I don’t do them. And I usually do B2B translations, cultural se... See more When I intepreted psychiatric interviews, the doctor would always keep me for a while, after the session with a patient, and asked: “I wanna make sure I don’t miss any cultural nuances.” Then I’d go and explain some common cultural norms in micro-communities that were relevant to the specific patient/interview.
As for translations, any culturally-sensitive translation in my language pair is paid really bad, so I don’t do them. And I usually do B2B translations, cultural sensitivty is higher in B2C contexts (unfortunately paid really bad), typical in fashion, make-up, household products. I only worked in these (cosmetics) as an interpreter, but it was also B2B (cosmetic brand representative from France and a bunch of local beauticians who own salons). They even asked me if I were a beautican, it seems my interpretation was very convincing then.
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