{"id":11459,"date":"2021-05-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a-stw.com\/?p=11459"},"modified":"2023-07-07T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T09:01:10","slug":"attraverso-re-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-stw.com\/en\/attraverso-re-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"ATTRAVERSO \u2013 COLUMN BY LETIZIA MERELLO (11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Attraverso\u2026 on re-reading<\/strong>. I like to joke with my colleagues that we wear different \u201chats\u201d during our work day: in fact, in addition to the non-translation related tasks some of us have (for example Sheila<\/span><\/a>, the face of our YouTube channel<\/span><\/a>), our typical eight hours are a well-balanced combination of translations and revisions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image by Jon Tyson<\/a> from Unsplash<\/a>
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Today, however, I wanted to talk about re-reading<\/strong>, meaning that small (but indeed not superfluous) passage in between the two, before delivering the text to the reviser. In fact, our workflow<\/span><\/a> includes a revision that is always done by a second linguist. Which brings me to address that moment of my day when I take a very critical<\/strong> look at my work \u2013 and one of the few cases in life where being pathologically self-critical is a good thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must admit that sometimes, especially Friday afternoons, I just want to deliver the text I spent days on and not have to think about it any longer. A tiny voice grows louder and louder in my head: \u201cThe reviser will see to it anyway, it’s time to let it go and move on to something else”, it seductively suggests. I sigh. I consider the idea of giving in…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And my response after hesitating for a moment? I get up from my desk, take a walk, maybe make the walk even better by going to buy a slice of delicious focaccia, and with the extra motivation that only carbohydrates can give, open up the document <\/strong>to re-read it properly.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image by Mae Mu<\/a> from Unsplash<\/a><\/sup><\/sub>
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Before passing my translation on to my colleague or an external collaborator to revise it, first I do a full round of automatic checks<\/strong>: terminological consistency, spelling, grammar and typos, numerical errors, punctuation… Once I\u2019ve finished these checks, I have a much better idea of how thoroughly I need to re-read the text and which problems to focus on. Of course, only in very few cases do I have time to completely re-read the entire document, so it\u2019s best to focus my attention<\/strong> and understand where any big and\/or hidden issues lie, so I can accurately check them and deliver a text that certainly won\u2019t be perfect, but will require only minimal modifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone likes to be confident (and proud) of their work and I am no exception, but in my opinion, there’s another aspect that determines the importance of re-reading: the spirit of collaboration<\/strong>. Yes, because carefully re-reading my text makes the reviser’s job that much easier, who shouldn\u2019t be considered a super-villain ready to point a finger at our work, but as our second pair of eyes: not someone who corrects our blunders with a fat red marker, but who carefully evaluates our translation with fresh eyes<\/strong>, since we don’t have time to let our work \u201csit\u201d and then look at it the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have noticed that I love making food references and metaphors, so in the same vein of images I’ve chosen for this article, let’s end on a sweet note. Is someone somewhere waiting to revise your text? Good. Do you want them to find a run-down cafe, or a delicious waffle just waiting to be enjoyed? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next time we’ll sink our forks…, um, we’ll dive deeper into the topic by discussing revision!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cover image is <\/sub>me<\/span><\/sub><\/strong><\/a>, drawn by <\/sub>Claudia Plescia<\/span><\/sub><\/strong><\/a>.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

English translation and adaptation by <\/strong>Sarah Schneider<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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