Dragoman Transcreation

This article series aims to eliminate usage errors and help non-native speakers to write clearly and fluently. We suggest that you always do proper research and use style guides effectively. For anything you are not sure of, feel free to ask us. Misused word within the framework of, in the framework of Alternatives in connection with, as part of, under etc. Explanation Like “foresee,” “in the frame of,” meaning “in connection with,” “in the context of” or “within the scope […]

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Many of our customers fall into a trap that befalls even experienced journalists. What’s more, many readers won’t even notice the error I’m talking about. What is this error? The false range. Understandably, our customers love to highlight the broad nature of the work they do and the products they manufacture. To highlight this, they therefore often use the phrase ranging from… to, but incorrectly. A range requires “a set of objects, persons, topics or attributes within a limited set.” Yet what is […]

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Pre-boarding announcement Good afternoon dear passengers. This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight TK 1 0 1 to Istanbul. We are now inviting passengers with small children, and any passengers requiring special assistance, to begin boarding at this time. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you.   Final boarding call This is the final boarding call for passengers Jane and John Taylor booked on flight 3 7 2 […]

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Pre-boarding announcement Good afternoon dear passengers. This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight TK 1 0 1 to Istanbul. We are now inviting passengers with small children, and any passengers requiring special assistance, to begin boarding at this time. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you.   Final boarding call This is the final boarding call for passengers Jane and John Taylor booked on flight 3 7 2 […]

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Pre-boarding announcement Good afternoon dear passengers. This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight TK 1 0 1 to Istanbul. We are now inviting passengers with small children, and any passengers requiring special assistance, to begin boarding at this time. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you.   Final boarding call This is the final boarding call for passengers Jane and John Taylor booked on flight 3 7 2 […]

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Do you use this: % symbol, or this: percent (spelled out)? Read this article to understand Dragoman Style, which is mainly based on the AP Style Guide and enriched by Diana Hacker’s, Brian Garner’s and Strunk & White. 1. The word percent is one word. Do not use U.K. spelling, i.e., per cent. 2. Always spell out percent in paragraph content as in 30 percent, 3.5 percent, 66 percent. 3. For percents “less than 1” use zero before the decimal […]

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Text messaging, or texting, is the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS); it has grown to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages. The sender of a text message is known as a texter, while the service itself has different colloquialisms depending on the […]

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This article was originally published on our blog Dragosfer a couple of years ago. It focuses on how to eliminate junk words in Turkish to English translations. As part of our consolidation efforts, I wanted to include it in this knowledgebase. Avoiding junk words is a much wider topic and a good habit to acquire. We are open to publishing your articles and more tips on plain language.  Turkish language is usually long winded and redundant. Translators should learn how to avoid unnecessary words […]

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Video remote interpreting (VRI) has recently become more popular with advances in broadband internet connectivity. Why not, it feels much more natural when you can put a face to a name and see the person interpreting for you. Video interpreting is also key to ensure that the interpreter is alone in an isolated room. Please bear in mind that video remote interpreting is typically charged at slightly higher figures, compared to phone interpreting.   Key recommendations: Minimum 10 x 10 […]

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When using “between” to specify a date or number range, we must replace the hyphen with and. Incorrect:   Demirkent served in senior executive roles between 1936-68. Correct:      Demirkent served in senior executive roles between 1936 and 68. So, please do not add a hyphen between numbers or dates, if you are constructing the phrase with “between”. You may find a related article on dashes in here.  

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