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[nl] Translations of infinitives [message #22762] Tue, 11 November 2008 10:09 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: 4cs6fcg02.sneakemail.com

Hi fellow translators for Dutch,

At the Mozilla project, and I think also other translation project, we
generally translate English verbs (where it is difficult to see whether
an infinitive or an imperative is meant) with the infinitive, unless it
is clear that this is not appropriate. Furthermore, we put the
infinitive at the end of the sentence, or at least after its object.

Have a look at some of my recent translations at
http://babel.eclipse.org/babel/recent.php to see what I mean. I would
pledge that we try to keep a consistent style this way.

Roel: dit is speciaal voor jou!

Cheers, H.
--
Hendrik Maryns
http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hendrik/
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Re: [nl] Translations of infinitives [message #22806 is a reply to message #22762] Tue, 11 November 2008 22:26 Go to previous message
Werner Keil is currently offline Werner KeilFriend
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Hi Hendrik,

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.
I first thought you might be based in the Netherlands and more likely to
be close to Antwerp, where I'm speaking about Babel next month, but I
found you might be just around the corner from Stuttgart, if Tuebingen
is your current location ??

Any plans or chance to attend ESE in Ludwigsburg next week??
If so, I'd be happy to see you there and maybe speak in more detail
about your ideas towards Babel and translation in general.

Cheers,
Werner

Hendrik Maryns wrote:
> Hi fellow translators for Dutch,
>
> At the Mozilla project, and I think also other translation project, we
> generally translate English verbs (where it is difficult to see whether
> an infinitive or an imperative is meant) with the infinitive, unless it
> is clear that this is not appropriate. Furthermore, we put the
> infinitive at the end of the sentence, or at least after its object.
>
> Have a look at some of my recent translations at
> http://babel.eclipse.org/babel/recent.php to see what I mean. I would
> pledge that we try to keep a consistent style this way.
>
> Roel: dit is speciaal voor jou!
>
> Cheers, H.
Re: [nl] Translations of infinitives [message #575617 is a reply to message #22762] Tue, 11 November 2008 22:26 Go to previous message
Werner Keil is currently offline Werner KeilFriend
Messages: 1087
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
Hi Hendrik,

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.
I first thought you might be based in the Netherlands and more likely to
be close to Antwerp, where I'm speaking about Babel next month, but I
found you might be just around the corner from Stuttgart, if Tuebingen
is your current location ??

Any plans or chance to attend ESE in Ludwigsburg next week??
If so, I'd be happy to see you there and maybe speak in more detail
about your ideas towards Babel and translation in general.

Cheers,
Werner

Hendrik Maryns wrote:
> Hi fellow translators for Dutch,
>
> At the Mozilla project, and I think also other translation project, we
> generally translate English verbs (where it is difficult to see whether
> an infinitive or an imperative is meant) with the infinitive, unless it
> is clear that this is not appropriate. Furthermore, we put the
> infinitive at the end of the sentence, or at least after its object.
>
> Have a look at some of my recent translations at
> http://babel.eclipse.org/babel/recent.php to see what I mean. I would
> pledge that we try to keep a consistent style this way.
>
> Roel: dit is speciaal voor jou!
>
> Cheers, H.
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