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Palinkasocsi Posted 17 years ago
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German translator

Dear Friends,

If a Hungarian translator does translations into German, is he a:

1. German translator
2. translator in German
3. ?

Thanks a lot.

Palinkasocsi
  

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I would use the first term.

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  • I would use the first term.
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I would use the first term.
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I think #1 is ambiguous, and #2 is awkward. It's a good question -- there's not really an obvious answer. How about "Hungarian-German translator"? (Assuming that he/she translates from Hungarian into German rather than, say, Italian into German.) If someone does translations from many languages into German, I would say "He is a translator. He translates into German."

I gues there ar
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My late father translated English into Chinese, and his job description was 'Chinese Translator'.
EDIT: I don't know how native speakers describe his occupation.
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