human translation
Translator's manual work
Human translation is the conversion of text from one language to another by a person rather than a machine.
The term gained currency as machine translation improved, creating a need to distinguish the two: We use human translation for legal documents but machine translation for internal emails.
Human translation typically captures nuance, cultural context, and idiomatic expression better than automated alternatives.
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- linguistExpert in languages
- native speakerOne who grew up speaking it
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
bilingual · fluency · native · source text · target language · accuracy · nuance · meaning · fidelity · source · target · language · word for word · rendering · conversion · manual · craft · cultural
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Automated cross-lingual text conversion
automated translation · AI translation · Google Translate · real-time translation · CAT tools
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