Meaning first
What does the text need the reader to understand?
Getting your words acrossis not always enough.
TranslationLocalizationMTPEInterpreting
From selected workTourism localisation review
Original Arabic
مدينة تعتلي الجبال.
Published English
A spectacular destination in the mountains
Reviewed English
Above the Clouds
Rationale
The Arabic opens with a visual image of elevation. The weaker English turns it into generic tourism language. The reviewed line restores a clearer sense of place.
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Quality is hard to judge when it involves a language you do not speak.
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Natural language
Does the final text read naturally on its own?
Terminology
Are names, concepts and specialist terms accurate and consistent?
Use and audience
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About
Hello, I’m Abdulrahman.
Arabic and English are both native languages for me.
For more than fifteen years, I have worked as an interpreter, translator and editor on projects in international sport, governance and public policy, finance, humanitarian work, publishing, scholarship and cultural heritage.
That work has included live interpreting, translation, localisation, revision, editorial review and English copy for organisations, institutions and publishers working with sensitive or public-facing material.
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