English translation
A girl and a boy are both dyslexic. A friend of the girl’s was an English agent for a translation company which was based in Japan. They need help to translate a novel by a famous writer. The friend gives them the book to read. The translator needs to be very careful in their translation and the agency asks them to work on their translations while they wait for the novel to be translated by the original author.
The translator and author are of different genders, (the best translation will be achieved if they are identical) as well as ethnic groups, social classes, age groups, religious beliefs, anyone could be considered and people will not always agree on what a person is or can be perceived as. The translator may have a difficult time because of their own biases and preconceived notions that could lead to poor translations or wrong interpretations. The worst case scenario would be missing essential details in order to get rid of grammatical errors or misreading words that don’t belong there
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I was given a task to translate a book with the help of computers. I was told that I need to think of how words would sound in English. The first translation was out of order, and I couldn’t get it right so I had to read the same passage three times. The computer helped me by providing answers, and pointed out where I got it wrong.
The second translation was actually an adaption of the first one, but more correct because it was in English and more fluent. With all the other mistakes, this one became a highlight of my life.
X: “The last time you were here.” Y: “I don’t understand what’s going on.” X: “You keep saying ‘the last time’.” Y: “But I have no idea what is meant by ‘the last time’.”
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The English translation of a book is being held in mystery.
“The” Oscar Meyer “Red White and Blue” and the “Witty Giraffe” are slowly disappearing from their storerooms, while an English version of the story is slowly emerging, leaving only the original version behind.
A witch brought a diary that has details of an unidentified crime to a fortune teller at a local zoo, who then tells her that she cannot extract any information from it without destroying it. The fortune teller notices that one of the pages is missing and calls Animal Control, who then informs the witch. The witch frees the giraffe in retaliation when all he wanted was food, but she refuses to destroy the diary.
However, the error is soon discovered and soon spread all over town until the entire city has seen each other’s special talents and those with good luck are now deemed to be witches or evil alter-egos of them. At the same time, however,
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A professor of English translation is given the task to translate a book into the language of a minority community living in South America. The task is given to her by a wealthy and influential businesswoman who wants to get rid of the unnecessary, sickly, and illiterate people. She asks for the translator’s help in the translation with her own translator.
The translator starts off with the translation, but then realizes that her translator is not as intelligent and educated as she thought. She begins to ask herself some questions that may set her free from being controlled by her circumstances and realize that she can be free and lead a better life. She also learns that it is actually very difficult and expensive to do any real translations.
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A prominent linguist is translating a book which he’s authored. He goes through a nice period of fluency until he realizes that the content will not translate into other languages.
The story idea is simple, but because of the unexpected ending, it was a good story. It was very well told, and it was funny and smooth to watch. The concept sounds interesting, and though it could be another episode of Weekend at Bernie’s or Uncommon Sense with Robin Williams, I think this story could be good for some time to come.
You could use this one as a springboard for your own creative ideas if you wish . This is easy to tell – it’s an English-speaking comic about an English-speaking writer translated into another language.An English man travels abroad and falls into the arms of a beautiful woman from France.
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“I was learning English. I had to become fluent to get my resume from China. I thought it would be easy. After practicing, the computer seemed to be able to read my accent and even taught me for a few sentences.”
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A professor of English translate Chinese into the English language. The computer that reads the documents and translates them into English.
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A group of students working the night shift, translates an English text (a famous work) into a foreign language. The text, which is in broken English, is due to be published in a future book.
The paper is chosen by an administrative committee as the best translation of this English text. The team includes a female professor who is excited and happy while translating the paper. Meanwhile, she distanced herself from the team and kept her original nervous attitude now that she’s translating. There’s some tension on the team between her and her co-outgoing counterpart.
On the other hand, a male professor was unhappy with his colleague’s poor performance but was still eager to carry out his task despite being warned off by his boss who did not want him to be in such unrest. The professor was caught up in his own excitement over being so involved with the book project he wanted to finish before going home for dinner at 6pm and felt quite happy about it. He read