1. Which Translation Technique may help in a complex instance?
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2. Does literal translation of the phrase make sense?
YES NO

3. Use literal translation
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4. Can you translate the phrase by making grammar changes?
YES NO

5. Do you need to translate by changing a singular form to plural?
YES NO

6. Do you need to translate by omitting personal pronouns?
YES NO

7. Do you need to translate by making a verb into a noun or vice versa?
YES NO

8. Do you need to translate by putting the beginning of the phrase in the back?
YES NO

9. Use grammar substitution
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10. Can you translate the phrase by combining two phrases into one?
YES NO

11. Use sentence integration
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12. Can you translate the phrase by splitting a phrase into two or more?
YES NO

13. Use sentence partitioning
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14. Grammar techniques alone won’t suffice
Use Combined translation techniques:
antonymic translation, compensation, explication
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15. Can you translate the phrase by changing words or word combinations?
YES NO

16. Reconsider using Grammar or Combined translation techniques
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17. Can you translate the word by using the phonetic/alphabetic structure of this word?
YES NO

18. Can you translate the word by translating its constituent parts?
YES NO

19. Can you translate the word by specifying it—using a more concrete example of a more general word (using a hyponym)?
YES NO

20. Can you translate the word by generalizing it—using a broader example of a more specific word (using a hypernym)?
YES NO

21. Can you translate the phrase by using a logical development of the situation (e.g., consequence instead of result or vice versa)?
YES NO

22. Can you translate the phrase by skipping a word or a few words with no loss of the meaning or “quantity” of the information of the original?
YES NO

23. Can you translate the phrase by adding a word or a few words to fully convey the meaning of the original?
YES NO

24. Can you translate the phrase by entirely changing it to express the same emotion, idea, or idiom?
YES NO

25. Can you translate the phrase “from the opposite” such as using positive vs. negative or vice versa?
YES NO

26. Can you translate the word or concept by describing it in other words, in case it doesn’t exist in the target?
YES NO

27. Can you translate the phrase by finding a compensatory elements (e. g
Can you translate the phrase by finding a compensatory elements (e.g., irony, metaphor, joke, spelling) to make up for the loss in meaning?
YES NO

28. Reconsider using Grammar or Combined translation techniques
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29. Use transcription / transliteration
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30. Use calque
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31. Use specification
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32. Use generalization
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33. Use modulation (conceptual development)
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34. Use lexical omission
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35. Use lexical addition
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36. Use reformulation
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37. Use antonymic translation
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38. Use explication (descriptive translation)
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39. Use compensation
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40. Alas, no techniques seem to work for now
Use your background knowledge and intuition, consider the whole context, ask for advice from a more experienced translator, ask friends about how they would express this idea in your language
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