Poll: Do you find any linguistic beauty in technical translations?

Morano El-Kholy wrote:

Agree with Teresa Borges:




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Julian Holmes wrote:

Sort of

I would call the act of technical translation an 'art,' not so much something in which 'beauty' per se can be found.

"The art of technical translation is to break down sentences, which can be intrinsically difficult to understand because of their very complex and detailed content, and the information they contain into their basic component elements, and present the meaning and intent in a form that can be understood, preferably, to as many people as possible around the world, all of whom may not necessarily be native speakers of English."

If you can find 'beauty' in what I just wrote, then you should try your hand at technical translation, if you haven't already.

[Edited at 2018-03-01 13:07 GMT]

Tina Vonhof wrote:

I agree with Julian. Beauty is maybe stretching it but I can certainly admire a technical or any other text that is well organized, well written, and easy to read and understand. And I agree with Susanna that motivation plays a role in that as well. There is also 'beauty' in a the text that is written with enthusiasm for the topic and motivates or inspires people to pursue the topic further.

Morano El-Kholy wrote:

My question is: Do you find any linguistic beauty in legal translations?