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Poll: Do you offer technical translation services?
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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:58
Spanish to English
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Yes Aug 17, 2015

I occasionally translate texts of a technical nature, if that's what the poll refers to.

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 07:58
Member (2006)
German to English
Yes Aug 17, 2015

Only

 
Armorel Young
Armorel Young  Identity Verified
Local time: 06:58
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.


 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 07:58
Member (2009)
English to German
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Yes Aug 17, 2015

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
tilak raj  Identity Verified
India
Local time: 12:28
Member (2012)
English to Punjabi
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yes Aug 17, 2015

I offer.

 
Ty Kendall
Ty Kendall  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:58
Hebrew to English
No Aug 17, 2015

Don't and wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 06:58
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Yes, but Aug 17, 2015

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...

 
Giovanna Alessandra Meloni
Giovanna Alessandra Meloni  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 07:58
Spanish to Italian
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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)
564354352 (X)  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 07:58
Danish to English
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No, but... Aug 17, 2015

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
Luiz Barucke  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 03:58
Spanish to Portuguese
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Technical? Aug 17, 2015

Yes, but not in all fields. I believe no one does it.

 
Jenn Mercer
Jenn Mercer  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 02:58
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.

 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 07:58
Member
English to French
Technical Aug 17, 2015

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


 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
José Henrique Lamensdorf  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 03:58
English to Portuguese
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In memoriam
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.

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 23:58
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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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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