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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you offer technical translation services?".
This poll was originally submitted by Julian Holmes. View the poll results »
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:51
Spanish to English
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I occasionally translate texts of a technical nature, if that's what the poll refers to.
| | | | Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 16:51
Member (2006)
German to English
| | What does the question mean? | Aug 17, 2015 |
I have taken it to mean "Do you translate technical texts?" (rather than, say, medical, legal or financial texts), but I am not absolutely sure that that was what was intended.
In any case, "technical" is a very wide field and one translator wouldn't necessarily cover them all.
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 16:51
Member (2009)
English to German
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if this poll refers to translating projects in the technical fields, e. g. Civil Engineering, technical operating manuals, etc.
[Edited at 2015-08-17 09:43 GMT]
| | | | tilak raj
India
Local time: 20:21
Member (2012)
English to Punjabi
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| Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:51
Hebrew to English
Don't and wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.
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as others have said "technical" is a very wide field and I wouldn't dare to touch some texts with a 10 foot barge pole...
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| I don't understand the question | Aug 17, 2015 |
Armorel Young wrote:
I have taken it to mean "Do you translate technical texts?" (rather than, say, medical, legal or financial texts), but I am not absolutely sure that that was what was intended.
In any case, "technical" is a very wide field and one translator wouldn't necessarily cover them all.
Exactly.
If it means if I transalte technical texts, yes, I do.
| | | | 564354352 (X)
Denmark
Local time: 16:51
Danish to English
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I don't offer to translate technical texts, but with a background that includes four years as a full-time technical translator, I sometimes accept such jobs. Mainly translating from Danish into English, though, only very rarely the other way round... And obviously, only if I feel confident that I can handle the specific subject...
| | | | Luiz Barucke
Brazil
Local time: 11:51
Spanish to Portuguese
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Yes, but not in all fields. I believe no one does it.
| | | | Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 10:51
Member (2009)
French to English
| No, but sometimes yes... | Aug 17, 2015 |
I can only translate technical texts in a few very narrow fields so while I do not list technical translation as one of my skills, I will take on projects that hit my strengths perfectly.
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Yes, I do bolts, noise, grease, silicon, vibrations, hazards, pressure and wires in variable proportions.
I don't do technical as in legal, finance and/or HR.
Philippe
| | | | | Generally yes, but... | Aug 17, 2015 |
... I have ruled a few areas of human knowledge as off-limits for me, five broad areas so far.
| | | | | Yes - if you mean ... | Aug 18, 2015 |
... the life sciences, including biomedicine, biology, and botany. I do highly technical stuff about genes and tests and things. That's a large part of what I do. I also do statistics, up to a point.
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