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Poll: Do you regularly review/ study the grammar and vocabulary of your working languages?
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Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
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Miembro 2003
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I used to... Apr 2, 2009

I've been translating for 40 years now, and during that time I earned two advanced degrees in linguistics. At the beginning of my career I was diligent about mastering the grammar of my target language (English), and I still own about 50 style manuals and/or grammar books. But at a certain point I gained enough confidence that I didn't need to check things any more.

If I have doubts that something doesn't "sound" quite right, I will google it to see how widely accepted the formulat... See more
I've been translating for 40 years now, and during that time I earned two advanced degrees in linguistics. At the beginning of my career I was diligent about mastering the grammar of my target language (English), and I still own about 50 style manuals and/or grammar books. But at a certain point I gained enough confidence that I didn't need to check things any more.

If I have doubts that something doesn't "sound" quite right, I will google it to see how widely accepted the formulation is.

Since I never work into my source languages, I only worry about those languages when I am expressing myself to my friends. It's not important to me whether a text I'm translating is grammatical. If it's difficult to unscramble, my focus is on extracting the meaning, which is usually evident whether or not the text is grammatical. ▲ Collapse
 
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