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Globalization has necessitated translation from and to most languages of the world. A complex process, owning to differences in grammar and construction rules in world languages, translation entails a careful selection of translator and reviewer services.

Since you can’t evaluate the quality of a translated document, you can make sure that:

1. The document you are giving for translation is of the best quality possible.

2. The service you are hiring meets your quality requirements.

Before handing off:

1. Run the spell check and grammar check: A basic but a completely necessary step. Remember, if your document is error free, there will be fewer translation errors to deal with!

2. Keep a copy of the document with you: This might seem like a silly suggestion but a surprisingly large number of people forget to do so!

3. In your document: Keep the sentences short and simple and avoid using abbreviations (Say ‘can not’ instead of can’t).

Choosing the translator:

1. Cheap is not best. Your neighbor’s kid who took French paper last year might be able to flaunt his French connection but translation is a professional calling. Paying less might turn out to be very expensive for you.

2. Choose a service provider who has many years of experience in translating into language you are seeking.

3. The translator should be a native speaker of the language and must be conversant with the culture and language of the language he/she is attempting to translate from.

4. The translator should also be able to understand the finer nuances of the language he/she is translating from.

5. Choose a translation company that offers to take the complete project - from translation to editing, proofreading and even desktop publishing.

After handing over…

Handing over the document doesn’t ensure good translation. Your inputs will be required even after handing over. Time invested here will reap benefits in terms of error free documents of great quality.

1. Make sure you have a detailed discussion about your project with the service provider to explain your requirements and to understand his/her concerns.

2. Be available to answer concerns and queries whenever the translator requires you.

Some more things…

1. Never force the translator to do a rushed job. Plan your project well and build in time for reviews and translations properly.

2. Select a good reviewer with the help of your translator.

3. Don’t submit a half finished document. Translating corrections and additions can be expensive and may introduce errors.

4. Never try to piece together bits of translated material yourself.

Ensuring the quality of translated material is as much your responsibility as that of your translator. You can ensure quality by also insisting proofreading and making sure that the numbers, dates and figures are correct.

You also need to share supporting documents like references and glossaries with your translator to enable him/her to do a better job. Most of all, you must set realistic turn around time for your translators.

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The subject of dead languages has come up a lot for me lately. In a recent conversation, I mentioned my desire to learn Cornish, a Celtic language closely related to Welsh, and the response I got was “Oh, yeah, that’s a dead language, right?” I quickly came to the defense of Cornish, a language alive and well by my standards, but what began was a lively debate on what exactly constituted a dead language and whether or not Cornish fit the suit (yes, that was a Johnny Bravo reference).

I won’t get into all of that particular debate now (articles on that subject are fast on the heels of this one) but I’d like to explain my take on Cornish, why it never died and why it is alive and well when there are, at best, a few thousand people who understand it, and a few hundred who are actually fluent.

By most accounts, the last native monoglot speaker of Cornish was Dolly Pentreath, who died in 1777. So, if we assume that the death of the last native monoglot speaker is a reasonable requirement for a language to be considered dead, then that’s it. Cornish is a dead language, right? Not so fast.

First of all, by some accounts, Dolly Pentreath wasn’t a monoglot speaker of Cornish. She could speak English but simply refused to do it, or so legend would have it. Cheers to Dolly. Secondly, there is plenty of evidence that there were other polyglot (bi-lingual with English) speakers of Cornish at the time, and of living use of the language between 1777 and the present. It’s possible the people of Cornwall never completely let it go.

There are accounts of Cornish fisherman counting in Cornish right up until the 20th century. I doubt the fishermen of Dollys time stopped counting when Dolly died and neither did they start counting in Cornish later in her honor. They had been using it all along. Sure, it’s not fluency but bear with me on this.

There was also a ‘revival’ of Cornish that began almost as soon as Dolly died. A small community of non-native Cornish enthusiasts (many of whom may have learned from native speakers) maintained the language until more popular revival movements took over. Kept alive by enthusiasts, it seems that Cornish never actually died.

Although there isn’t a need to establish a direct ‘lineage’ from the native speakers of pre-1777 to modern times, I think it helps to provide a real connection between the speakers of Cornish then and today. A small cadre of non-native speaking enthusiasts have kept the language ‘in trust’ until a larger community of native speakers were prepared to take it up again, as it appears they are now doing.

There are official government-recognized bodies with tax-dollar budgets, local church services and road signs in Cornish. There are festivals, public gatherings and competitions to promote the language. There is a recent and official recognition as a European language. The people of Cornwall are acting as if Cornish is not a dead language nor a dying language, but a living and growing one.

It is exactly this attitude which makes Cornish a living language, now that the larger community has taken it up again. There are thousands of languages worldwide that are dying and will truly be dead because the indifferent communities around them don’t care, and the people who speak them can’t see the cultural treasure which they possess. The people of Cornwall are realizing what they have, and if Cornish is a living language to them, it will be a living ‘native’ language to their children.

Ron is a long-time language enthusiast, exploring Spanish, French, Swedish, Cornish, Esperanto and others. Learn more about studying a language on your own at Language Learning Advisor This guide for self-study language learners has reviews and recommendations of language learning methods and products, links to online learning resources, learning tips to maximize your study time and effectiveness and articles on language learning.

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Without a doubt, words are the tools of your trade. Watching anglers on riverbanks, I liken entering competitions to fishing. You throw in bait for the fish and sooner or later you’ll hook one. Just like entering prize draws.

Post enough and sooner or later your entry will get picked. It’s the luck of the draw!

After a day’s fishing you may come back laden with small and medium size fish, perhaps one “whopper”, unless it was the one that got away!

Similarly, you win small prizes or the big fish - the car or holiday.

As many compers, as people who enter competitions are affectionately known, only enter prize draws to win the `whoppers’, there’s not so many entries for “tiddlers”, so there’s more chance of you netting these prize fish.

The serious angler doesn’t leave his hobby to chance. He carefully selects his bait. He studies the fishing ground and all other factors likely to enhance his chances of `landing the whopper’.

Even after careful planning he’s not going to hook every fish he goes after, but he has increased his chances of success.

You as a comper can be like our mythical angler. You prepare your bait, i.e. words to use in your slogans. You select your best fishing grounds, i.e. finding your entry forms, especially those elusive ones which may be hidden on tops of shelves, tucked in between display cabinets. Just because the entry forms aren’t displayed in prominent view with eye catching WIN to attract you, doesn’t mean to say there aren’t any competitions in that store.

You’ll find yourself becoming a `Sherlock Holmes’, tracking down the best competitions to enter and the thrill of the chase.

When our angler takes up his rod and settles down to a day’s fishing, or our “Sherlock’”comper sets out on an entry form safari, attitude is everything.

With a negative “the waters too high, temperatures wrong, won’t catch no fish today” or “expect I shan’t find any forms today”, “not in the mood to write tiebreaker slogans”, “I never win anyway”, one thing is certain. You’re right, you won’t!

Armed with a positive “What a wonderful hobby, I’ve won a first prize in a tiebreaker competition and I can do it again”, or a “I WILL win a car’”, one thing is certain. You will win. For you will put enthusiasm into your entries, spending time writing and perfecting - and eventually the prizes will come.

We often hear of people talk about “The Law of Averages”. Send in enough entries and sooner or later you win.

You may win one prize a month for a period, then not win anything for six months. Just when you wonder what you’re doing wrong, low and behold, three prizes arrive almost at once.

Following a lean spell, I won a five star health break, a holiday to Miami and a gleaming bright red car - all within ten days. On “average” the prizes even themselves out.

Interestingly then how many compers loose enthusiasm, feel defeated or just give up when they feel the postman has deserted them.

Take a tip. Enter every competition with enthusiasm. Give it your best shot. Post it. Forget about it. Move onto the next one and do the same. Do this and you increase your chances of success.

Must dash. Off to play the pools and reel in a few prizes!

Lynne Suzanne is a freelance writer and author of Win With Lynne Intaslogans, Pun-ch Lines! and Win Your Fortune in Prizes.
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