Fujiko Suda: Worklife

Translation

Apr 26, 2004 20:07 pm / 2 comments

I was com­ment­ing all books com­ing out should at least have e-book ver­sion, because if a book was in data form, trans­la­tion soft­ware can be used to trans­late any­thing, and it would pro­mote bet­ter under­stand­ing of atti­tude of a cul­ture on cer­tain top­ics. My friend dis­agreed whole heart­edly. He said, even work­ing with the best of trans­la­tors, ideas and expla­na­tions are often mis-translated, and that is trans­la­tion from one Latin lan­guage to another. E-book, there­fore, could not even be idea pro­vok­ing source. Worse, it would give illu­sion to read­ers that they under­stand the think­ing or atti­tude other coun­try has on cer­tain topic.

Okay, I agree with that.

Mar­ket­ing research, off shoring, it is so easy to fall into the trap that we under­stand the other cul­ture through book learn­ing. We are read­ing stuff that is never 100% reli­able. How do we become cer­tain? Only through real com­mu­ni­ca­tion with real people.

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