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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Once your translation has been published/delivered, do you enjoy re-reading it?".
This poll was originally submitted by Helga Lemiere. View the poll results »
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I am sure I would find something to change
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Depends on whether I enjoyed translating that subject or not.
[Edited at 2010-12-13 09:02 GMT]
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I'm too busy working on something else!
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Susanna Martoni 
Olaszország
Local time: 11:50
Tag (2009 óta)
spanyol - olasz
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For some especially "hard" texts, a re-reading after delivery is a kind of personal satisfaction even if sometimes this is a dangerous tecnique (yes, because something should have been changed).
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Angola
Local time: 11:50
angol - francia
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I'm with Elvira and Gianluca on this one. But I like to read ABOUT the translation - feedback, new developments on the subject...
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| | | | Samir Sami
Katar
Local time: 12:50
arab - angol
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Enjoy might not be the perfect description here.
Sometimes my work falls accidentally in my hands, with no time to scan it at all.
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Gianluca Marras wrote:
I am sure I would find something to change
Couldn't agree more
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Simon Cole
Egyesült Királyság
Local time: 10:50
Tag (2008 óta)
francia - angol
I agree with everyone. Who has time? And how much would I change?
And when I worked in industry - my 'real' job before translation - I don't recall ever reading one of my technical reports just for fun!
Happy Christmas one and all
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I'm usually quite proud of works that actually get published (not my usual field) but it can also be pretty embarassing.
| | | | Thayenga
Németország
Local time: 11:50
Tag (2009 óta)
angol - német
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Generally speaking, no.
The more specific answer is, it depends greatly on the project and on the time factor.
Usually there isn't enough time to go back to a finished and accepted/endorsed project.
All the changes that would/could pop up in my mind when re-reading i. e. a literary project, even more when a certain artistic liberty had been granted.... I would never get anything else done. And there's always a chance, the possibilty, the probabilty of "editing" a ... See more Generally speaking, no.
The more specific answer is, it depends greatly on the project and on the time factor.
Usually there isn't enough time to go back to a finished and accepted/endorsed project.
All the changes that would/could pop up in my mind when re-reading i. e. a literary project, even more when a certain artistic liberty had been granted.... I would never get anything else done. And there's always a chance, the possibilty, the probabilty of "editing" a project "to death". ▲ Collapse
| | | | Tatty
Local time: 11:50
spanyol - angol
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| The ultimate test | Dec 13, 2010 |
I don't have much work published myself but I've done the odd website and I think that my rereading it in context is the ultimate test. I've always been very pleased. I've never understood this idea of keep wanting to make changes to translations. I just do the translation thoroughly in the first place.
When I first started out translating I used to try to re-read a selection of my translations at the end of each month to see if I could have improved them in any way.
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Jack Doughty
Egyesült Királyság
Local time: 10:50
orosz - angol
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Az Ő emlékére:
I once translated a novel, and I enjoy looking back at that occasionally, also at translations of poems. But not commercial, legal or technical texts.
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Like others, I'm afraid of finding something I want to change, but sometimes I get the urge to take a moment to enjoy it. This is more likely with a literary translation. I translated a some of my husband's work (he wrote 14 books plus hundreds of articles), and I enjoy going over those.
But once I find something I don't like - I never look at it again.
Funnily, I'm less critical of my own original writing than I am of my translations, and I enjoy re-reading it a lot m... See more Like others, I'm afraid of finding something I want to change, but sometimes I get the urge to take a moment to enjoy it. This is more likely with a literary translation. I translated a some of my husband's work (he wrote 14 books plus hundreds of articles), and I enjoy going over those.
But once I find something I don't like - I never look at it again.
Funnily, I'm less critical of my own original writing than I am of my translations, and I enjoy re-reading it a lot more. ▲ Collapse
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Elvira Alves Barry wrote:
I'm too busy working on something else!
Same here. I'd like to make time to go over a few selected projects after a suitable lapse of time for a critical review, but there are so many things to do (business development- and CPD-wise) and time is at a premium...
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