by Keith | Sep 18, 2020 | Blog, Editing 編輯校對, Language Learning 語文心得, Translation 翻譯
Singlish and Manglish have been confusing for many foreigners. In particular, the usage of ‘one’ among many Singaporean and Malaysian English speakers, who tend to add ‘one’ at the end of many sentences. This could be a direct translation from...
by Keith | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog, Editing 編輯校對, Translation 翻譯
翻譯或者寫文案總是需要校稿。文字功力若發揮得比較好，則第二天校稿祇需要將稿件讀一次就好了。若第一稿不是很有把握，則之後的校稿會比較辛苦，二校、三校亦不出奇。 校稿亦講究時機。若是檢查文件，我最佳的時機是上午時段。由於睡醒之後的思路比較清晰，這個時候校訂自己前一天譯或寫的文字，總是比較容易找到錯誤並且選用比較好的文字。有些急件必須早上寫完，中午、下午時間交稿，則可以趁午睡之後審稿。 當然，有些文件譯完就馬上交，則必須確保譯和審都頭腦清晰，才能應付十萬火急的商業文案。 Translation and copywriting...
by Keith | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog, Copywriting and Branding, Editing 編輯校對, Language Learning 語文心得, Translation 翻譯
看過很多招牌或產品名稱寫漢語拼音，而不是實實在在地寫相對應的英文名稱或字詞，我看了常常覺得一頭霧水。如果祇寫漢語拼音而祇有懂得華語又精通漢語拼音的人才能夠明白，那寫來又有何意義？ 就品牌的意義來說，這是不是意味著你的品牌與產品祇跟懂得華語又精通漢語拼音的人溝通？其他不知道你寫什麼的人，就不值得理解你是賣什麼東西？遇上不知道你寫什麼的人，你每次都要費勁一直解釋自己在賣什麼？...
by Keith | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog, Editing 編輯校對, Translation 翻譯
Writing is never easy, if you are writing for a living. I am fortunate to be making a living by working on copywriting, translation, transcription, subtitling and editing. Given the variety and genre of business documents, I have to always keep reading to gain more...
by Keith | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog, Editing 編輯校對
Translation always involves editing work. It is either you edit others’ articles or your own works. Proofreading and editing require meticulous checking. Careful proofreading is particularly important when you come across Chinese-language writers who thought...
by Keith | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog, Editing 編輯校對
I have been writing on ODT file of Open Office software. ODT file is convenient in the sense that it provides automatic suggestion for vocabularies that you often key in. Take the word ‘miscellaneous’ for example. If you are typing on a WORD file, you need...
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