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13 types of translation where you must use expert translators

Overview of Translation Types

Introduction to Translation Types

  • There are 51 identified types of translation, with 13 categorized based on subject area or technical field.
  • Understanding these categories is crucial as they require translators with specialized knowledge.

Technical Translation

  • Technical translation encompasses translations requiring specialist knowledge, particularly in engineering, IT, and industrial texts.
  • Expertise in the subject area is essential for accurate comprehension and translation.

Scientific Translation

  • This type involves translating scientific research documents such as papers and trial results that contain domain-specific terminology.
  • Translators may need to consult domain experts to fully understand complex materials.

Medical Translation

  • Medical translation covers healthcare-related documents including patient information and regulatory materials.
  • A medical background is often necessary due to specific requirements for translating medical documentation across different countries.

Financial and Economic Translations

Financial Translation

  • Focuses on banking, stock exchange, foreign exchange, and financial reporting documents that require specialized knowledge for accurate translation.

Economic Translation

  • Often synonymous with financial translation but can also refer specifically to economic documents requiring formal study in economics for proper understanding.

Legal Translations

General Legal Translation

  • Involves translating legal documents like contracts and court judgments where precise terminology is critical due to varying legal systems across jurisdictions.

Judicial Translation

  • Refers specifically to the translation of court proceedings documentation which requires familiarity with court processes and legal backgrounds for accuracy.

Patent Translation

  • Involves intellectual property documents where technical expertise is needed due to established terminology and structural consistency required in patents.

Literary Translation

  • The most challenging form of translation involving novels, plays, etc., where the translator must convey not just meaning but also style and emotional impact effectively.

Commercial & Business Translations

Commercial Translations

  • Encompasses a wide range of business document translations requiring both specialists for technical texts and generalists for non-specialized materials like management reports.

Marketing Translations

  • Focuses on advertising content that needs persuasive language; sometimes requires transcreation rather than direct translation to achieve desired impact on audiences.

Conclusion: Importance of Subject Matter Knowledge

  • All discussed types emphasize the necessity for translators to have familiarity with their respective subject areas; without this expertise, accurate translations cannot be guaranteed.
Video description

Certain types of translation need specialist translators – translators with knowledge of the technical field or subject area. That’s because if they don’t have that specialist knowledge, they may not fully understand the text and so may not translate it correctly. Furthermore, they may not use the best vocabulary, or write in the most appropriate style for that domain. This video runs through those 13 specialised types of translation and their associated technical fields, explaining the types of document involved in each, and the knowledge translators need. We cover all the major types of technical translation, the fields of law and finance, and the broad-ranging category of business translations. Plus, there’s the commonly considered most difficult form of translation – literary translation – and the challenging area of marketing translations. Our video covers just a few of the massive 51 common types of translation we cover off in our associated blog article – check it out at http://www.pactranz.com/blog/types-of-translation/. And while you’re visiting our blog, make sure to also check out our many other translation-related articles and guides for business clients – they’re all designed to help you make better decisions around your translation needs.