Aussicht auf Wahrheit

11:24 Oct 7, 2015 

:-)

11:19 Oct 7, 2015 

LOL I do hope you don't have to miss out on breakfast until the payment arrives, though!

11:16 Oct 7, 2015 

encouragement. Knowing the customer for many years so I don't see the risk there.

But if you like I will keep you updated after payment and just send an image link where I had breakfast on the day the payment arrived....

11:14 Oct 7, 2015 

I didn't want to say that your post was unfriendly, for me it is *completely* ok. And as you may know I appreciate your work and your participation.

"Das gildet nicht" is 100 % true! I simply hadn't time and desire to discuss this with the agency due to the fact that the delivery date was very tight. Also don't want to create a mess there, I am thinking the search for the perfect translation for this project is an epic endeavour.

Furthermore the agency has a strong base in many language pairs but no specialist for that type of book. Therefore I had to hand over the baton to the "runner" of the second part of the race :-)

Best regards

Gerd

11:08 Oct 7, 2015 

Haha, yes I can imagine. I do agree that it's unfortunate he never got an answer back, but I suspected as much. Around 90% of the revisions I make can be explained one way or the other, but I have encountered proofreaders and translators for whom everything is just "done by feeling." They will tell you it's incomprehensible, but won't know why either.

Gerd just should be aware that this will not present grounds for discounts or the like. German law quite clearly states that the translator needs to deliver an "improved" version in such cases.

10:47 Oct 7, 2015 

I'm surrounded by children and youth, it rubs off (and it's fun!)

10:45 Oct 7, 2015 

"Das gildet nicht" - haven't heard that in ages. Do people in Rhineland-Palatinate still say that?

Guess proofreader with no feedback? Already thought so. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of those who can't explain one bit.

10:43 Oct 7, 2015 

I was being flippant, but certainly not unfriendly. I apologize for any misunderstandings. That's a bummer though, I'd really like to know.

10:39 Oct 7, 2015 

Thanks for your friendly request for information. I am really sorry that I don't know the final version of the proofreading. My variant *prospects for truth* hasn't found a fan there.

So simply I can add: I don't know.

10:29 Oct 7, 2015 

Das gildet nicht! Wie hast Du es letztendes übersetzt??

09:01 Oct 7, 2015 

für das Mitdenken!

13:17 Oct 1, 2015 

Die Kritik lautete nur, dass meine Variante keine Übersetzung wäre (-> unverständliche Übersetzung).

Dass nehm ich einfach mal so hin, ich habe ja jetzt sehr gute Vorschläge bekommen.

Danke dafür.

20:22 Sep 30, 2015 

"Meine Variante *prospects for truth* ist offen gesprochen zerlegt worden."

Any explanation given? Haven't seen you mentioning it, but it'd be nice to know.

19:49 Sep 30, 2015 

Ich finde "potential" bringt die "Aussicht auf" ganz gut rüber. Bei "truth" bin ich mir völlig unsicher, ich denke es geht in Richtung "Wahrhaftigkeit" oder so ähnlich. Ich habe aber eigentlich kein grosses problem mit "truth".

13:24 Sep 30, 2015 

Hier geht es m. E. um den Gegensatz zwischen "true" und "false". Vielleicht hilft hier eine adjektivische Konstruktion: "... will hardly be true unless its logic is very simple"?