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Well I think it is faster and less expensive to let one translator do the
job from beginning til end. In this case you will have the non-english native
translating and then the Polisher re-working the whole thing. There is much
potential for misunderstandings and errors.
/Holger
> I have a friend who worked in China as a language "polisher," this may be
> an
> option for your project. As a polisher, she translated the translations--a
> non-native English speaker wrote the initial translation from Chinese and
> she
> made the results understandable and readable for an American business
> audience. I believe she had access to both the original writer and the
> translator so she could verify information as needed.
>
> Beena V Katekar wrote:
>
> > So, what should be the concluding note to this Discussion?
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