translation work
Cross-lingual rendering task
Translation work is the professional activity of converting text or speech from one language to another.
The term encompasses both the occupation and individual assignments: She's been doing translation work for twenty years, I picked up some translation work to pay the bills.
It may involve literary, technical, legal, or commercial documents, as well as interpretation for spoken contexts.
- cultural adaptationAdjusting to different customs
- source languageLanguage being translated from
- target languageLanguage being acquired
- native speakerOne who grew up speaking it
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
subtitling · cross-cultural communication · technical writing · semantics · cultural sensitivity · regional dialects · poetic interpretation · dictionary · industry standards · syntax · idiomatic expressions · word for word · foreign · meaning · convert · dubbing · parallel text · original
- Asian Missionsforeign missions, missionary societies, mission schools, missionary schools, mission stations
- Canadian CatholicismJesuits, Catholic parishes, separate schools, parish priests, archdioceses
- Latin studyLatin literature, declensions, conjugations, verb forms, parsing
- DeciphermentRosetta Stone, hieroglyphics, cuneiform, cryptanalysis, code breaking
- Catholic missionsforeign missions, Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, mission churches
- Christian ministryministry, preaching, evangelists, missionaries, discipleship