Needed: Professional Translators
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/opinion/needed-professional-translators.html Version 0 of 1. To the Editor: Re “On Offer in China: ‘Fried Swarm’ and Other Tasty Translations” (news article, May 31): One more reminder that translation is a profession, and as such the task should be left to professionals. All too often, the task of translation is entrusted to anyone who claims “to know” a foreign language, especially if he or she doesn’t charge for the service. I am of course aware that this will rob the world of a scarce source of innocent merriment. BRIGITTE ANDREASSIER-PEARL New York The writer is a former chief interpreter at the United Nations. |