Translation as a Profession (Benjamins Translation Library)

VITranslation as a Profession1.1 Beforethetranslationserviceprovisioncyclegetsunderway 571.2 Once the translation ‘requirement’ has been identified 582. Getting the translation 592.1 Finding the operators 592.2 Once the operator or operators have been confirmed 623. Preparing, planning and organizing the job 633.1 Preparing the translation (localisation, subtitling, etc.) kit 633.2 Receiving and checking the translation/localisation/subtitling kit 653.3 Reaching final agreement 663.4 Setting up and testing the translation environment 673.5 Planning the translation 674. Preparing the translation 684.1 Makingthesourcematerialavailable 684.2 Analysing the source material 684.3 Acquiring the knowledge and information required 704.4 Setting up the raw materials 714.5 Doing translation samples 724.6 Having the resources/raw materials and additional specifications approved724.7 Advance (or forward) operations 725. Transferring/translating 736. Performing quality controls and upgrades 746.1 Quality controls by the translator 746.2 Qualitycontrolsbythereviser 766.3 Quality controls by the work provider 776.4 Corrections and adaptations by the translator and/or reviser 786.5 Final checks 797. Closing the job file 818. Creating the archive/updating the instruments 819. Follow-up 82Section II. The translating professionchapter 4The translating profession 871. Translators 871.1 Translators are not interpreters 881.2 Translators are mostly women 881.3 Translators work in language pairs 891.4 Translators translate from B to A, with (increasing) exceptions 90