Source Text Quality in the Workflow of Translation Agencies
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Source Text Quality in the Workflow of Translation Agencies
Original language description
The paper aims to investigate the workflow in translation agencies (TAs) with respect to source text (ST) quality, which is not always optimal. Based on a review of ST related provisions of relevant quality standards, a questionnaire survey was performedamong twenty-four participating Czech TAs. The results suggest that ST quality is indeed an important concern in the translation process. Even though they are analysed at the initial stage by TAs, technical issues and lower linguistic level related defects in STs are less likely to negatively affect the quality of target texts (TTs). On the other hand, terminology, understandability, and style related defects constitute problems throughout the whole process of translation, with the potential to negatively affect the quality of TTs. Therefore, more attention should be paid to these defect categories. Additional results show that the number of defect categories analysed initially is not inversely proportional to the number of TT defect c
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
O - Projekt operacniho programu
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Tradition and Trends in Trans-Language Communication
ISBN
978-80-244-4079-8
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Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
87-104
Publisher name
Univerzita Palackého
Place of publication
Olomouc
Event location
Olomouc
Event date
Nov 10, 2012
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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