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Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete work. The editing process often begins with the author’s idea for the work itself, continuing as a collaboration between the author and the editor as the work is created. Broadly speaking, there are two branches of editing: content editing and […]

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Let’s clear up the confusion surrounding the use of hyphen, en dash and em dash. The hyphen (-) Dragoman follows the AP Stylebook, so we use hyphens to indicate ranges or to clarify that we are using a compound modifier. Please use no spaces before or after the hyphen. Examples: The first leg of the training was held in Şanlıurfa on May 22-23, 2019. Our state-of-the-art warehouse facilities are 80-percent automated. Each year, we endeavor to create a first-rate academic […]

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As we continue to gain more clients from the medical community, a few style notes on how to translate medical files has become necessary. A full style guide has not yet been written. One option is to subscribe to the online style guide of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In the interim, please follow these rules of style: Use the Dragoman Style Guide for Figures. This style guide applies to ALL copy. Use the Dragoman Style Guide […]

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General Rules An annual report contains a company’s achievements and financial figures and is provided to shareholders, stakeholders and potential investors. The report uses several styles of writing: descriptive, corporate, advertising, financial, and legal. Previous reports are good benchmarks. Research is key to successfully translate an annual report. Search not only on client’s website but also on other related websites for benchmarking purposes. Try to find sources in written in the target language, not translations of local corporations. Internet is […]

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Simultaneous is an adjective that means occurring at the same time. Simultaneous interpreting is interpreting (verbally translating) a speaker as he/she speaks. This concurrent form of interpreting requires the combination of many skills of conference interpreters with specialised conference equipment.  Simultaneous interpreting enables interactive communication in two or more languages and eliminates language barriers.  Simultaneous interpreting is the only interpreting method that enables multilingual conferences to take place. A team of simultaneous interpreters with different working languages can practically deliver dozens […]

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Mobile interpreting equipment is a portable set of small devices used for tour guiding or interpreting purposes. Tour guiding devices are also called infoport systems. Mobile interpreting equipment is also called a simulport system because it is designed with simultaneous interpreting in mind. Pros Mobile equipment adds comfort to whispered interpreting tasks because the interpreter would not need to lean forward and whisper to the client. Mobile interpreting equipment are also very practical for moving teams on a roadshow or delegations […]

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The 24-hour clock is a convention of time keeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, indicated by the hours passed since midnight, from 0 to 23. This system is the most commonly used time notation in the world today, and is the international standard notation for time of day. In the practice of medicine, the 24-hour clock is generally used in documentation of care as it prevents any ambiguity as to […]

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Work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text. Copy-editing has three main levels according to American Association of Editors and Writers: Light (Mechanical): Mostly formatting, typos, grammar and terminology Medium: Word usage and tightening sentences Heavy (deep): Changing sentence structure, words, terms, etc. Copy-editing is different than content editing, which is a much more out-of-the-box job description. Most if not all of the editing jobs in translation industry are actually copy-editing tasks. Many people […]

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Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2000 BCE) into Southwest Asian languages of the second millennium BCE. Translation is performed by translators. Unlike what many people think, translation and interpretation are different jobs and require different skills & competencies. Today, translation is […]

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In linguistics, branching refers to the shape of the parse trees that represent the structure of sentences. Parse trees that grow downward as speech and processing proceeds left to right are right-branching, whereas parse trees that grow upwards as speech and processing proceeds left to right are left-branching. Taking a top-down perspective, parse trees that grow down and to the right are right-branching, and parse trees that grow down and to the left are left-branching.   Sentence Branching (Or How […]

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