Move travelers but please don’t “movimentare viaggiatori”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2012 in cacophony, elegance, Italian translations | 1 comment A couple days ago I was glancing at a renowned brochure on clients education, written originally in English, and for the first time I thought about taking a look at its official Italian translations. The Italian translation is generally good, however, at some point I couldn’t help notice a funny slip by the translator: The original “Each year, London’s Heathrow Airport moves over 65 million...
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Consistency, More Than Meets The Eye

Posted by on Aug 14, 2012 in Consistency, Italian translations | 0 comments Every translator knows, or learns soon, that consistency is of paramount importance. And not just in translation, but in any kind of technical document. I remember reading a revealing comment on this regard by Don Bush in his well-regarded column “The Friendly Editor” on Intercom, the magazine of the Society of Technical Communication. (Unfortunately the column has ended, after several years....
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