Potential Translation Problems

Potential Translation Problems

General Problems

Though translation itself can be very difficult, there are some additional problem that could arise such as:
 * Problems with the source text
 * Changes made to the text during the translation process
 * Illegible text
 * Misspelled or misprinted text
 * Incomplete text
 * Poorly written text
 * Missing references in the text (for example the translator is to translate captions to missing photos)
 * The source text contains a translation of a quotation that was originally made in the target language, and the original text is unavailable, making word-for-word quoting nearly impossible
 * Obvious inaccuracies in the source text (for example "prehistoric Buddhist ruins", when Buddhism was not founded during prehistoric times)

Language Problems


 * Dialect terms and Neologisms (reshaping older language terms into a newer language form)
 * Unexplained acronyms and abbreviations
 * Obscure jargon(slang)

Other problems


 * Rhymes, puns and poetic meters
 * Highly specific cultural terms
 * Subtle but important properties of language such as euphony (prose) or dissonance (deliberate avoidance of repeated vowel sounds)

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