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real life of a professional translator...  Sunday, August 2,
2009  Letters of Recommendation: Sometimes the Best Translation
is Not to Translate  When you’re translating materials into
English for a client who wants to apply for a job in the United
States, here’s an issue you might want to mention: letters of
recommendation sometimes don’t translate well. If you translate
non-American ones literally, you might see glowing
recommendations like:  Ms. X performed her work adequately.
Sarah was satisfactory.  There were no obvious faults in Mr. Y’s
work.  These are real and all-too-typical examples that I and
colleagues have come across. The Americans reading I’m sure are
cringing; many non-Americans might be wondering what’s so bad
about those comments…  In many