Technical Translation And Its Features

You can often hear that a certain company offers its services for translation, and in particular for technical translation. What kind of technical translation is it and how does it differ from the usual?

Technical translations are a separate type of translation of texts. Use this type of translation in the case when employees of a certain profession need to accurately convey all that is said in the text written in a foreign language. Unlike the usual - artistic - translation, when the text can be transmitted in a more free form, replacing some words with others or changing their order, technical translation requires a serious approach and precise terminology. Technical translations sometimes cause difficulties for translators, because they require not only extensive linguistic knowledge, but also knowledge of many technical features of specific professional industries. This type of translation in the frequency of cases is used in such projects as computer and engineering. When is a technical translation required?
● Translation of the presentation you want to show to your foreign partners.
● If the head of a company speaks a language different from the language of most of his subordinates.
● Translation and processing of various tables, graphs, reports, instructions and memos to be presented to the same foreign partners and other language-speaking colleagues and subordinates.
Technical translations can not be performed by an ordinary translator, such work should be trusted only by professionals, unless you, of course, want your translation to be performed really qualitatively, accurately and with the preservation of the terminology and semantic load of the text. Do not try to save money on a technical translation - nothing good will come of it. After all, a person who has extensive linguistic knowledge, as well as a deep understanding of all the technical subtleties of the professional industry to which the translated text belongs, must perform the technical translation. If the interpreter does not meet at least one of these requirements, then do not even hope that the text you get will be high-quality and highly professional. So you should know - the translation into technical topics will have a higher cost than, for example, artistic translation.
The company that carries out the technical translations you are going to apply to should at least be well established in the market of translation services. Be sure to read reviews about this company, about the work that was performed by its employees before, and about the employees themselves. It should be inquired whether the firm is engaged in translations in the professional field with which your texts are related. Some firms prefer computer technical translations, while other firms, on the contrary, are engineering. Do not give the work to the hands of an individual, unless you are sure of his professionalism. Conclusion: technical translation is a job that only professionals should deal with.