When requesting a translation job, please ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐
๐, a text written by a nativeโฆ
It has happened to receive a document – to translate to Portuguese – which had been written in English by a Spanish employee (or vice-versa) of that company/client.
I agree that a person who works with a product do know everything about it. But may not know all about writing, especially into another language…
Most of the time this will lead to misinterpretation of the text, to several email exchanges between the final translator and the client asking โsorry, what do you mean with this sentence?โ, โI think thereโs an error hereโ, etc.
This means that the translator to whom was requested a translation or localization job will have twice the work and take twice the time. Therefore, it may cost more to the client.
Write and share your ideas in your mother tongue. Then ask us, professional translators, to convey that message into our mother tongue.
Itโs simpler, clearer and easier to everyone. ๐
