translation of an international convention

TRANSLATIONOF A LEGAL TEXT

Roberto Costa Pinto Júnior

Metodologia da Tradução

Ferramentas para Tradução

10 de Setembro de 2011

Objectives

• Use of a TM system called Wordfast Anywhere, to translate from american english to brazilian portuguese, a legal text.

• We used a model of International Convention of Private Law.

Phases1. Upload of the Glossary:

2. Translation and its

Correction:

3. End of the Translation:

4. Download of the

Translated Text:

Outcomes and Conclusion:

a) Very helpfull, as it manages to translate most of the words from the source text;

b) Translation was developed in only one day (September 08th, 2011);

c) Possibility of saving specifics glossaries, regarding the subject of the work;

d) Capability of saving the target text on the same extension as the source text;

e) Process of saving the glossary it’s a little bit confusing.

Reference:

• Wordfast Anywhere: http://anywhere.wordfast.com/

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