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Doll Posted 18 years ago
Letter Writing
The translation of a diploma
Hi everyone,
I tried to translate the following passage from my native language for my translation lesson. After working on the words and changing their order for a thousand times I got tired of checking them again and again and I felt the need of a native speaker very deeply for the first time.
I didn't do any translations before and it is my first time so please be kind in your comments. 
Okay, kidding. I will be happy if you just tell me whether it reads well or not. It is a translation of a diploma from Turkish to English.
Thanks in advance.
Born on (date) in (city) , son of (name) (this is a tradition I guess. I don't understand why the father name is stated.) has been awarded this diploma on (date) having completed four years' duration of education (I thought for a long time to change this but I couldn't) of Foreign Language Teaching with a bachelor degree between 1990-1991 school years with all the rights, privileges and honours to use this diploma as an EFL teacher by ordinance and regulations. (I thoguht for a long time not to use right, privileges and ordinace in the same sentence but every time I changed the whole paragraph. Maybe I should have a look at this later.)
I tried to translate the following passage from my native language for my translation lesson. After working on the words and changing their order for a thousand times I got tired of checking them again and again and I felt the need of a native speaker very deeply for the first time.
I didn't do any translations before and it is my first time so please be kind in your comments. Okay, kidding. I will be happy if you just tell me whether it reads well or not. It is a translation of a diploma from Turkish to English. Thanks in advance.
Born on (date) in (city) , son of (name) (this is a tradition I guess. I don't understand why the father name is stated.) has been awarded this diploma on (date) having completed four years' duration of education (I thought for a long time to change this but I couldn't) of Foreign Language Teaching with a bachelor degree between 1990-1991 school years with all the rights, privileges and honours to use this diploma as an EFL teacher by ordinance and regulations. (I thoguht for a long time not to use right, privileges and ordinace in the same sentence but every time I changed the whole paragraph. Maybe I should have a look at this later.)
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Hi, With a translation, it's really just a matter of trying to stick as close as possible to the original words, isn't it? Diplomas often use flowery, archaic and stilted language. Often, they are even in Latin.
- Hi, With a translation, it's really just a matter of trying to stick as close as possible to the original words, isn't it?
- Diplomas often use flowery, archaic and stilted language.
- Often, they are even in Latin.
- Let's try to see if this can read "OK".
- ), with all the rights, privileges and honours to use this diploma as an EFL teacher by ordinance and regulations .
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Hi,
With a translation, it's really just a matter of trying to stick as close as possible to the original words, isn't it?
Diplomas often use flowery, archaic and stilted language. Often, they are even in Latin.
Let's try to see if this can read "OK".
Born on (date) in (city) , son of (name), Doll Smith has been
With a translation, it's really just a matter of trying to stick as close as possible to the original words, isn't it?
Diplomas often use flowery, archaic and stilted language. Often, they are even in Latin.
Let's try to see if this can read "OK".
Born on (date) in (city) , son of (name), Doll Smith has been
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Clive
With a translation, it's really just a matter of trying to stick as close as possible to the original words, isn't it? ---- I think so but my teacher expects me to translate like a proffessional. He doesn't accept any other structures not close to the ones in his mind. He expects me to give the meaning which native speakers will understand w
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Hi,
Born on (date) in (city) , son of Santa Clause, (name), (I want to add school number here. Can I say "with school number 1125698"? )You can say it, although it's not very idiomatic. But people will understand that this is a translation.
Doll Smith has been awarded this diploma on (date,) having completed a four year education in Foreign Language T
Born on (date) in (city) , son of Santa Clause, (name), (I want to add school number here. Can I say "with school number 1125698"? )You can say it, although it's not very idiomatic. But people will understand that this is a translation.
Doll Smith has been awarded this diploma on (date,) having completed a four year education in Foreign Language T
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Thank you![F]
Errm, I have another translation. This is to certify that Doll Smith got her Doctoral Degree but the problem is there are a lot of names and I am not sure whether they are used respectively in English too. Here is the text:
Doll Smith having fullfilled all the conditions prescribed of Institue od Social Sciences Foreign Language Educati
Errm, I have another translation. This is to certify that Doll Smith got her Doctoral Degree but the problem is there are a lot of names and I am not sure whether they are used respectively in English too. Here is the text:
Doll Smith having fullfilled all the conditions prescribed of Institue od Social Sciences Foreign Language Educati
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Hi,
Errm, I have another translation. This is to certify that Doll Smith got her Doctoral Degree but the problem is there are a lot of names and I am not sure whether they are used respectively in English too. Here is the text:
Doll Smith, having fullfilled all the conditions prescribed by the Institute of Social Sciences, Foreign Language Education and Researc
Errm, I have another translation. This is to certify that Doll Smith got her Doctoral Degree but the problem is there are a lot of names and I am not sure whether they are used respectively in English too. Here is the text:
Doll Smith, having fullfilled all the conditions prescribed by the Institute of Social Sciences, Foreign Language Education and Researc
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