What is the proper way to translate a letter?
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I have a letter written in Spanish by an individual that did not use punctuations, when translating this to English, do I; translate this with out using comas or periods as the original individual did it or, do I add the punctuation ??? is a legal letter written to his attorney
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updated Dec 11, 2011
edited by Yeser007
posted by lspaceluk
Welcome to the forum. You know firsthand the problems involved in not using correct punctuation. - Yeser007, Dec 11, 2011
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Being a legal document/matter, it has to be without punctuation.
If anybody is going to "interpret" the meaning, is/are the lawyers who will have to "decipher" as they re-ask the person/witness etc.
Your work is that of translating and not interpreting, save in those cases there is no possible translation.
Example:
What is your name?
You cannot translate that as ¿Qué es tu nombre? Right?
updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by chileno
