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Subject:Re: Translation topic From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Feb 1994 09:36:41 -0800
JACK P. SHAW said:
> On the other hand, a non-native translator to German seems
> more likely (again, in my experience) to prefer simpler,
> more direct structures and be more aware of subtleties--maybe
But if those simpler structures are not what a native speaker
would prefer, isn't there a problem then w/ the "naturalness"
of the language thus produced?
