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Beau Brock

Editing a Translation: Finding the Balance

octobre 27, 2022 by Beau Brock

It has been nearly three months since I began my tenure as managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly, and I realized that I haven’t properly introduced myself yet to the readership. For shame! In today’s post, I will give a brief overview of the area of editing where I spend the vast majority of my […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: Linguistic Interference During COVID-19

novembre 3, 2020 by Dwain Richardson | 6 commentaires sur English Editing in Quebec: Linguistic Interference During COVID-19

This post is part of a series on some of the challenges English editors and translators encounter when working with French texts. When the COVID-19 pandemic oozed into Canadian territory in March, government officials and media outlets across the country were working hard to keep society apprised of the latest developments. These included physical-distancing rules, […]

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Marianne Grier

Lessons from the Big Buddha

août 6, 2019 by Marianne Grier | 2 commentaires sur Lessons from the Big Buddha

A recent family adventure took me to Phuket’s Big Buddha. As the name suggests, this marvel is a giant Buddha stretching 45 metres into the sky, overlooking the Andaman Sea. One of the top tourist sites on the island, the Buddha sits peacefully on his mountaintop, his white Burmese jade marble body glinting in the sun. […]

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Christine Beevis Trickett

Even Nature Needs an Editor

juin 18, 2019 by Christine Beevis Trickett | 2 commentaires sur Even Nature Needs an Editor

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email Sara Promislow.  I am a […]

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Wendy Barron

My brain hurts! (Or I’ve been proofreading from right to left!)

Décembre 4, 2018 by Wendy Barron | 6 commentaires sur My brain hurts! (Or I’ve been proofreading from right to left!)

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: All About Gender

juillet 19, 2016 by Dwain Richardson

If you’re passionate about foreign languages, you’ll know that most of them contain masculine and feminine nouns. Some languages, such as German and Russian, go the extra mile and use neutral nouns. English has its fair share of masculine and feminine nouns, too, though most of them have been eliminated to make way for more […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: All About Style (Part Two)

mai 24, 2016 by Dwain Richardson | Un commentaire sur English Editing in Quebec: All About Style (Part Two)

Last November, I underlined major stylistic differences between English and French. Here are a few more. To combine or not to combine English articles with French ones? When incorporating French names in English copy, remember two rules: Do not lowercase French articles (e.g., La Presse, not la Presse). Do not combine French articles with English […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: Avoiding Wordiness

mars 22, 2016 by Dwain Richardson | 2 commentaires sur English Editing in Quebec: Avoiding Wordiness

Plain language communicates written messages clearly and concisely. This is true whether you’re editing stand-alone English copy or translating from other languages. In my experience as an editor and translator, I have had to work with a number of stiff and wordy texts. I usually start by asking, “What needs to be improved?” Should I focus on […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: Mind Your Noun Strings, Please!

septembre 15, 2015 by Dwain Richardson

If you regularly work with French copy, you know that French emphasizes nouns more than English does. This results in our Gallic official language constantly using noun strings — that is, strings containing several nouns in a row. They will often take the form [noun] + of + (the) + [noun]: la gestion de la […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: False Cognates, Syntax and Interferences — Oh My!

avril 14, 2015 by Dwain Richardson | 4 commentaires sur English Editing in Quebec: False Cognates, Syntax and Interferences — Oh My!

Here are two French excerpts and their translations (emphases and bold prints are mine): Donner la vedette à la nature luxuriante jusqu’à ce point impose le respect. Plus encore, ce lieu intemporel inspire le recueillement propre au dénuement référant à l’art de l’aménagement extérieur japonais.… Récipiendaire du Prix X, le jury a particulièrement remarqué le […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: Local Realities — Quebec City and Area, and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

février 17, 2015 by Dwain Richardson

♪♫ À Québec au clair de lune. Comme il fait bon… ♪♫ On those first few words of Marius Delisle’s 1959 hit, I make my way to Quebec City and the surrounding area to find out how language professionals fare with English on a daily basis. Of the more than 700,000 inhabitants of the Quebec […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: Local Realities — Western Quebec and Eastern Townships

Décembre 16, 2014 by Dwain Richardson

If you live in the vicinity of Canada’s capital region and are aspiring to become a language professional, you’re in for a treat. For starters, the cities of Gatineau and Ottawa and their surrounding areas are home to most federal government departments. Localities on either side of the Ottawa River have municipal administrations and provincial […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: Local Realities — Montreal and Area

octobre 21, 2014 by Dwain Richardson | 5 commentaires sur English Editing in Quebec: Local Realities — Montreal and Area

It’s a well-known fact: Quebec is the only French-language province in Canada. According to recent statistics, la belle province is home to over eight million inhabitants.[1] Of these inhabitants, 78 per cent are native French speakers and over seven per cent are English speakers. In the Greater Montreal Area, 47 per cent of residents identify […]

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