Important Questions That Determine Effectiveness
So to be a player, you need to evaluate, interpret, translate, and project (more on projection later).
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A good translator is like a good surgeon—excising unwelcome elements with a steady hand and executing every move with precision and economy. |
Translation enables the metamorphosis from information to knowledge. To translate effectively, you have to ask questions:
What does this really mean?
Why is this important?
What should I really be saying here?
What is the point?
Does this add anything?
Am I speaking in a language everyone can understand?
Am I using examples that fit?
Who really cares?
If you can’t answer these questions, you are doing yourself and your audience a disservice.
Even worse, if you ...
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