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Editing translated materials: With Andy Hodges
Episode 1165th July 2023 • The Editing Podcast • Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
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Find out about the artistry of editing translated materials with Denise Cowle, Louise Harnby and Andy Hodges.

Listen to find out more about

  • Types of translated materials
  • The difference between editing a translation and editing a text written in English by a multilingual author
  • Stylistic editing and technical copyediting of translated materials
  • Whether an editor needs to be proficient in the source language of a translated text
  • General issues to watch out for when editing translated materials
  • Working with translated literary/fiction texts
  • Beyond Anglo-American story structures: Kishōtenketsu and conflict

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

  • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
  • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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