Primer on literal translations + 4 ways to spot them!
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by Ashleigh in Blog
What is a literal translation? Literal translations, or word for word translations, are translations in which the content of a document is communicated by replacing one word with another, regardless of whether the resulting translation is accurate or reads well in the target language. How do literal translations happen? There are two main types of [...]
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