Multilingual Proofreading Considerations Flashcards
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A proofreader finds that a product name has been translated into Japanese when it should have been kept in its original English form. This error is best described as:
Answer: Improper handling of a non-translatable term
Brand names, trademarks, and product names are typically non-translatable and should be preserved in their original form; translating them is an error the proofreader must flag.
When proofreading a multilingual document, the proofreader encounters a segment marked 'do not translate' (DNT) in the translation memory but finds it has been rendered in the target language. The correct action is to:
Answer: Flag the segment for restoration to the original source text
DNT tags in translation memory explicitly instruct translators to leave designated text unchanged; any translated segment bearing this tag must be flagged for reversion.
A German document localized from English retains 'Mr.' as an honorific instead of using 'Hr.' (Herr). A proofreader should:
Answer: Flag the honorific for correction to the German equivalent
Proper localization requires replacing English-language honorifics with their culturally appropriate target-language equivalents, which for German is 'Hr.' (Herr).
Which of the following best describes 'back-translation' as used in quality assurance for multilingual documents?
Answer: Translating a document back to the source language to verify accuracy of the translation
Back-translation involves re-translating a document into the original source language by an independent translator to identify errors or meaning shifts in the primary translation.
A multilingual style guide specifies that em dashes should not be used in French, which prefers a space before and after a regular hyphen in certain constructions. The proofreader finds em dashes throughout the French text. The correct response is to:
Answer: Flag all em dashes for replacement according to the style guide
Punctuation conventions differ by language, and the proofreader must enforce the language-specific style guide rules rather than applying English conventions to French text.
In Spanish, adjectives generally follow the noun they modify, while in English they precede the noun. When proofreading a Spanish translation, noticing that adjectives precede the nouns throughout most likely indicates:
Answer: A syntactic calque where the English word order was imposed on the Spanish
A syntactic calque occurs when the grammatical structure of the source language is copied into the target language, making the translation unnatural or incorrect.
A proofreader reviewing a localized mobile app UI finds that several button labels are truncated in the Italian version but display correctly in the English version. The most likely cause is:
Answer: Text expansion from English to Italian exceeded the fixed character limits of the UI elements
Italian text is typically longer than English equivalents, so fixed-width UI components designed for English strings often truncate the expanded Italian translations.