M. Cristina Caimotto Subject: seminario traduzione 10 lessons: 25/2; 3/3; 17/3; 31/3; 7/4 14/4; 21/4; 28/4; 5/5; 12/5

Online Resources for professional translators Translation Seminar

What is the goal of this presentation?  Provide links to useful online information  Provide guidelines to exploit that information  Explain the Kudoz system (30 kudoz points = 1 extra mark for your final exam!)  A few tips to become a professional translator

Various kinds of resources  Online dictionaries  Search engines  Mailing lists  Websites providing information  Online communities (Kudoz)  Official associations PLEASE NOTICE THAT…

AUTOMATIC TRANSLATORS ARE NOT INCLUDED!

Online dictionaries  Use reliable dictionaries, not the first result you get on google  (free subscription)   

Search engines   You can use the Internet as a corpus to verify your lexical choices  Quick way to check spelling  “unknown English term” + glossario should provide an Italian glossary including the term you’re looking for

Mailing lists  (Read the “Guida della Felicità” before you write anything)  Biblit ( Intramel Lantra The checklist

Websites providing information  Company glossaries   alogo&mcat=1&cat=18&scat=30&art=304 alogo&mcat=1&cat=18&scat=30&art=304  (Getting into translation) into translation 

Online communities  Default.asp Default.asp  Create your own profile Kudoz answers

Professional translators  Simon Turner (“Come diventare traduttore”)   

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