The last couple of weeks have seen me grow into a translator and somebody who now has work to his name that is publicly available for everyone to see.
My volunteering as a TED Translator has resulted in two transcriptions and one translation becoming live for everyone to view. These were all reviewed by the lovely Michael Nystrom who has almost 4 years of TEDx translating and transcribing under his belt and over 5 years of experience as a freelance translator.
In the feedback I received, I have realised that subtitling is definitely a different art than that of written translation. I love how creativity can be bred from the need to be concise and how the shape of sentence can impact readability and style.
It is one thing to translate every word someone says but another to clearly summarise what they are saying in just 84 characters.
So please enjoy the two talks that I link to below. The first being a translation and the second, a transcription of mine.
You can see my other transcription and future work here: https://www.ted.com/profiles/51180536
Please do stay tuned for my next post and let me know what achievements are you proud of in your life.
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