Trip update. This week tested a very important aspect of living on the road: leaving my bicycle to take a short-term assignment at a distant location, then returning to my bicycle. I have written about this in past blogs in the context of an interpreting assignment, but this opportunity was different. JPD systems of Fredericksburg Virginia, hired me to facilitate an all-day seminar on revision. Revision is often called editing or proofreading, but in the translation industry, it is a special service performed by a second translator, namely, reviewing the translation for errors. Obviously, the reviser needs to be bilingual, and as competent in the subject matter as the translator. Thus, high-quality human translations actually require two professional translators, in addition to the other professionals on the project team. Continue reading →