Here’s a site with speeches from various conventions & conferences translated to Chinese and other languages by volunteers, a sample one, http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hans/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html Under About this talk, on the right, click on Open interactive transcript to see the speech in Chinese. Click on any part of the speech to hear it in English, pretty neat!
Speech Translations
November 19, 2009 at 12:28 pm (Language, Translation, commercial, culture, learning)
Good Translation on WWD’s Chinese Edition
May 19, 2009 at 5:08 pm (Language, Translation, commercial, learning)
Tags: Translation
I really like how easy it is to switch between the English and Chinese versions, what a great way to learn translation and both languages. Check it out.
The article below wasn’t able to use the title pun from the English version in Chinese, which works out in the end, imho forced puns are better left out.
穿上 Lim 的服装外出：Phillip Lim 推出三款产品
Phillip Lim 充满乐观。他说，“我们并不担心经济状况。虽然一切并非完美无暇，但在这些时候已经做到了尽可能的完美。”
Lim 的积极态度得到了一些强劲数字的支持。据 Lim 介绍，2008 年的批发总额超过 4,000 万美元，预计 2009 年将在此基础上增长 15%。
与此同时，今年秋季的亚洲销售较 2008 年秋季增长 40%，欧洲则增长了 110%。仅在意大利，这一系列就新增了 32 家零售客户。
Out on a Lim: Phillip Lim’s Three Product Launches
Phillip Lim is optimistic. “We’re not fearful of the economy,” he says. “Not everything is perfect, but in these times, it’s as perfect as it can be.”
Some strong numbers back up Lim’s positive attitude. Wholesale figures for 2008 totaled more than $40 million, according to Lim, with projections for 2009 upping that by 15 percent.
Meanwhile, sales in Asia grew by 40 percent this fall over fall 2008, and in Europe, 110 percent. In Italy alone, the line picked up 32 new retail accounts.
Source: http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/out-on-a-lim-phillip-lims-three-product-launches-2132774
Translated Book Titles
October 16, 2008 at 2:28 pm (Translation, commercial)
Tags: book
Completely idiomatic, these book titles really capture the book’s essence and manage to sell the book to the Chinese audience.
上班族！病，都是你想出來的
When Chicken Soup is Not Enough
陪妳到最後
Love Life
More literally-translated titles are great as well:
信任的深度：幫你看清身邊的好人和壞蛋
Trust Rules ：How to Tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys in Work and Life
冰箱門上的故事：愛從冰箱門上的留言開始
Life on the Refrigerator Door：Notes Between a Mother and Daughter , a novel
Pacific Rim Voices’ Interview with Will Schwalbe
July 29, 2008 at 11:29 am (Translation, commercial)
Tags: literature, publishing, Translation
Will Schwalbe, founder of Hyperion East, talks to Pacific Rim Voices about the business of publishing literature in translation. It’s a fascinating look at how the editors and publishers really think of publishing books translated from other languages. I agree with how there is too little international literature being published and read in America right now, I guess we have our work cut out for us.
Clever Brand Name Translation: Anessa
July 21, 2008 at 2:16 pm (Translation, commercial)
Tags: brand, commercial, Translation
Shiseido Anessa = 安耐晒
