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Trouble with hiring Translators in China Working with translators is a fact of life for foreign business executives in China-even t he most accomplished Mandarin-speaking expats need a true linguistic expert for some types of negotiation . Thus , our 40 interviewees off ered the following advice on finding and using translators . Danish furniture business owner Simon Lichtenberg warns of the challenges of fin ding a qualified interpreter in China: “ If you use a foreign translator , he may not understand the Chinese well; if it's a Chinese translator , he may not catch the English nuances." His solution has been to develop his own Chinese skills to the level where he is fluent. “You get so much closer by speaking Chinese. I do everything in Chinese. I s peak Chinese to my son." Brazilian distribution entrepreneur Winston Ling comments that it was only after his Mandarin skills improved that he began to recognize mistranslations. “Learning the l a...

Fast Fact - Korean There are a pproximately 78 million people speak Korean worldwide, but d id you know that today's Korean script wasn't introduced until the 1400s and that until then, 70% of Korean used to be derived from Chinese? Or that as recently as 20 years ago, Chinese characters (" hanja ") were still very common in Korean newspapers? These and other nuggets are contained in an informative video on the use of Chinese Characters in Korean writing, produced by Steven Bammel. While the production value is pretty low, the content is informative and well-presented. If you are interested in other Chinese language facts, check out our recent post on  Fast Fact Chinese . Spear translation  provides Korean translation  services to clients worldwide.  Contact us  to know more about Spear!

What is Written Chinese? Written Chinese  comprises Chinese characters used to represent the Chinese language, and the rules about how they are arranged and punctuated. Chinese characters do not constitute an alphabet or a compact syllabary. Rather, the writing system is roughly logosyllabic; that is, a character generally represents one syllable of spoken Chinese and may be a word on its own or a part of a polysyllabic word. The characters themselves are often composed of parts that may represent physical objects, abstract notions, or pronunciation. Various current Chinese characters have been traced back to the late Shang Dynasty about 1200–1050 BC, but the process of creating characters is thought to have begun some centuries earlier. After a period of variation and evolution, Chinese characters were standardized under the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC). Over the millennia, these characters have evolved into well-developed styles of Chinese calligraphy. Some Chinese chara...

法律翻譯的技巧 法律 翻譯 技巧是旨在意思不變的情況下，把法律條文轉換成另一種語言。 現在越來越多外國公司來到中國，也越來越多中國公司走向世界。國企和外國公司要達成交易，它們都必須聘請 翻譯公司 編制雙語法律文件，以便雙方都能理解它們所達成的各項交易條款。 翻譯公司 在編制雙語法律文件時會用上法律 翻譯 。 法律 翻譯 就是充當交易雙方的一個橋樑和紐帶，它可以使雙方都了解它們所達成交易的各項條件。從這個角度講，法律翻譯和其它的一般 翻譯 沒有多大區別。但是，法律翻譯也有自己特殊的地方。由於法律文件對雙方所達成的交易影響很大，稍有不慎就會給當事人造成難以彌補的損失。所以 翻譯 容不得半點差錯和馬虎，準確性要求非常高，原文中的意思不得作任何擴大或縮小。同時由於法律語言句式冗長、結構複雜， 翻譯 的難度要比其它都大，譯者要經常研究它的句子結構，找出各個從句，並理出它們之間的各項邏輯關係。這就是法律 翻譯 的難處。 然而，並不是說譯者理解原文後就譯得出一份好的法律文件，譯者應當具有深厚的譯文功底，他要懂得借用自己掌握的譯文 知識，運用各種文字技巧將自己理解的原文真實含義表達出來。也就說，譯者除了要注重理解外，還要注重表達。 理解和表達是兩個互相輔助、互相促進的過程。 之前說過，法律 翻譯 的第一要求是高 準確性。法律文件的目的是為了保證交易雙方當時人的交易安全，這就要求譯者在 翻譯 法律文件時做到字字準確，句句意思平等， 特別是對英文法律文件中的一些介詞，譯者更要把其中所隱含的意思給表達出來。 法律 翻譯 的第二個標準是通順。譯者所表達的法律語言應該讓其母語是譯文的人能看懂，以達到一種溝通的作用，否則法律 翻譯 就 沒有任何意義。此外，由於法律語言是一種非常正式的嚴肅的書面語言，所以譯者在表達時應該盡量用正式的書面詞語，所表達的語言更應該意思嚴謹，作風嚴肅，不能讓讀者看出破綻和漏洞，更覺得像是在講故事、寫小說。 因為法律語言，不管是英文法律語言還是中文法律語言，都是一種比較難理解的語言。這就要求譯者在平時應該多看一些中文或英文的法律專業書籍，以適應中文或英文的法律語言，並 理解和掌握其中的法律詞彙和短語。此外，一個初學法律翻譯的人還應該虛心求學，向有多年法律翻譯經驗的人請教，讓他們指導自己如何學習法律翻譯，以使自己少走彎路，盡量更快地走到法...

諺語翻譯中英文對照(二) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚 Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水 Care will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神 Diamond cuts diamond. 棋逢敵手 Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入境隨俗 Don't cross the bridge until you come to it. 船到橋頭自然直 Don't judge a man by his appearance. 勿以冒取人 Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 勿孤注一擲 Don't put the car before the horse. 勿本末倒置 Easier said than done. 說比做易 Even a worm will return. 匹夫不可奪其志 Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮，必有一失 Every man to his own taste. 人各有所好 Everybody's business is nobody's business. 眾人之事無人管 Failure is the mother of success. 失敗為成功之母 Fine clothes made the man . 美羽裝出美鳥 ; 人要衣裝佛要金裝 Give me liberty or give me death. 不自由毋寧死 Good begets good and evil leads to evil . 善有善報，惡有惡報 Good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口 Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同 Habit is second nature. 習慣是第二天性 Haste makes waste. 欲速不達 再參見 諺語翻譯中英文對照(一) SPEAR Translation...

諺語翻譯中英文對照(一) 諺語的出現令語言變得精闢，言簡意賅。諺語穿插於文章之中，令不少 翻譯 員在 翻譯 的時候都煩惱著怎樣譯得傳神。 今次給大家帶來諺語中英文對照:   A man is known by the company he keeps. 觀其友知其人 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫釐，謬以千里 A rolling stone gathers no mos. 滾石不生苔 / 民生在勤 A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的心智寓於健康的身體 Accidents will happen. 天有不測風雲 Actions speak louder than words. 行動勝於空談 All is not gold that glitters. 發亮的未必是黃金 All is well that ends well. 結果好一切都好 ( 皆大歡喜 ) All roads lead to Rome. 條條大道通羅馬 Art is long, life is shore. 人生苦短，學海無崖 A bargain is a bargain. 契約就是契約 ; 說定了就得遵守 A bird in the hand is worth two bird in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情 As you sow, so you will reap. 種瓜得瓜種豆得豆 Barking dogs seldom bite. 會叫的狗不咬人 Beauty is but skin deep. 美貌是膚淺 Better late than never. 亡羊補牢猶未晚也 SPEAR Translation http://www.spear.com.hk Award-winning Translation Company