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Many of the human translation theories being currently applied in the realm of professional translation and translation service promotes a certain ideology or philosophy.

As such, whenever theorists go about criticizing rivaling theories that go in direct opposition to their own theories, they inevitably criticize the ideology beyond those theories as well.

After all, even when it comes to linguistic theories, you can’t make a theory out of thin air without any believable basis; you have to establish it in some sort of foundation or way of thinking, which is what ideologies are all about.

All the same, the … Continue Reading

Equivalence will always be an important part of human translation as long as the latter exists. To be more specific, equivalence is one of the most important considerations of professional translation agents and freelance translation service experts alike when it comes to localizing a website or straightforwardly translating textual material.

Therefore, regardless of whether your professional translation agency is doing source oriented (to be as faithful to the original text as possible) or target-oriented (to make sure that the original message is translated in terms that the target audience will understand) translation, there’s … Continue Reading