I hate Translators
Why every translator on this planet thinks I have to read a book with a hand calculator near-by?
For example the book says: “They have to travel 36 miles”
And the translator diligently adds a note: “Mile: Anglo-Saxon unit of measurement for distances. One mile equals about 1,609 meters.”
Great! Just great!. Now, my dear reader, take your trusted calculator and compute: 36 miles are about 57,904 meters. One more step and you are enlightened: about 58 kilometers.
This goes on and on and on. You have to worry about inches, nautical miles, pounds and so on.
Why not simply give in the note the full amount in metric units? Or, even better, modify the text to use metric system?
I think the quality of the translation will not be affected in any way by making these small modifications in the text
PS: In the same time I love translators and I thanks them for their very hard work behind the scenes.
For example the book says: “They have to travel 36 miles”
And the translator diligently adds a note: “Mile: Anglo-Saxon unit of measurement for distances. One mile equals about 1,609 meters.”
Great! Just great!. Now, my dear reader, take your trusted calculator and compute: 36 miles are about 57,904 meters. One more step and you are enlightened: about 58 kilometers.
This goes on and on and on. You have to worry about inches, nautical miles, pounds and so on.
Why not simply give in the note the full amount in metric units? Or, even better, modify the text to use metric system?
I think the quality of the translation will not be affected in any way by making these small modifications in the text
PS: In the same time I love translators and I thanks them for their very hard work behind the scenes.
posted by Felix Enescu at
3:09 PM
1 Comments:
aceleasi ganduri de dulce la adresa traducatorilor le-am avut si eu acum cateva zile... ce bine ca citesc mai mult in engleza, macar acolo e normal ca unitatile de masura sa fie in sistem imperial.
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