Staring at a computer screen for 8 hours a day can make any translator start to think about other job options. However, with some of the utilities and tips described below, we can return to the days when we looked forward to sitting down to a day’s work.


1. Translate from your learned language into your native language. Your production in a learned language, although it may be quite good, will generally suffer from deficiencies in style and register control, and you will tend to make mistakes. That said, there are some cases that warrant the opposite approach (translating from your native language to your learned language)—if, for example, the source text is full of nuance or would otherwise present difficulties in understanding for a (...)