Introduction to Professional Translation

What Will You Learn?

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a professional translator.
• Distinguish translation from interpreting and recognize when each service is used.
• Apply meaning-based translation principles instead of relying only on word-for-word substitution.
• Recognize the importance of context, tone, audience, and purpose when translating content.
• Use glossaries and reliable reference materials to research specialized terminology.
• Maintain terminology consistency across a document or translation project.
• Understand core professional responsibilities relating to confidentiality, accuracy, and impartiality.
• Recognize how cultural context, idioms, and expressions can affect meaning.
• Identify common translation problems such as omissions, unnecessary additions, and distortions.
• Perform basic proofreading, editing, and final quality-assurance checks before delivery.