Golden rules of communication through an interpreter

translator is usually not only a philologist and expert on the countries.

This gives reason to use his knowledge and experience and to establish trusting relationships with partners.

professional translator plays a key role in establishing a spirit of cooperation, especially when negotiating processes are representatives of peoples and cultures, worldview, moral principles and characteristics of business etiquette which have significant differences from those of Russia and the West.

Speaking through an interpreter, you must observe the following rules:

1. speak slowly, clearly formulating the idea to avoid the possibility of ambiguity said.

2. Speak should be no more than one or two sentences in a row, considering that keep in memory and move more material is fully and correctly translator can not.
In addition, some languages ​​are grammatically diametrically opposed Russian.
For example, in the Persian verb always ends a sentence and is not in the middle, in Russian, English and other languages.

3. can not accompany his speech proverbs, idiomatic expressions and, moreover, quoting verses.
translate them into another language requires continuous operation and is not possible in a dynamic conversation.
Wrong translation able to spoil the atmosphere of the talks as our proverbs in another language may acquire ambiguous meaning, and sometimes insulting meaning.

4. necessary to consider the reaction partners and take immediate action if there is a feeling that they understand you correctly.
translator, in turn, can optionally ask for any of the parties to clarify the idea more simple words or repeat the phrase again.

5. Prior to the talks need to allocate sufficient time to work with an interpreter, as detailed as possible to acquaint him with the terms of the problems involved, to clarify the terminology used.
report it to the presentations and other written materials must be sent to the translator to introduce one or two days before the performance.

Finally, it is important to remember - no translators who are equally well without preparation and operate medical, and technical and any other terminology.

author: Efimov

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