Re: Overuse of gerunds in headings? (Take II)

["Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Well, the people who translated Asterix and Obelix did a great job with very
tricky material.

Edwin

On 4/5/06, Hickling, Lisa (TOR) <lhickling -at- express-scripts -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I've seen Canada Post[al Service] ads where the plays on word were so
> witty in French and so flat in English. You could just guess in which
> language the original concept was conceived and therefore the direction
> of the translation!
>
> Lisa H.
> GTA, ON
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Hart
> Subject: Overuse of gerunds in headings? (Take II)
> ...
> Moreover, in some cases you don't even translate the meaning, but
> instead choose a wording that accomplishes the same goal in the target
> language that the author was trying to accomplish in the original
> language. That's very true in advertising, for example, and often true
> in literary translation as well (e.g., some metaphors or jokes don't
> translate between cultures).
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