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Poll: How do you do your final translation proofreading?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 14:06
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Jul 17

I don’t use CAT tools, but when I’m translating – especially on long projects – I always go back and reread it paragraph by paragraph trying to get the whole job the way I want it the first time around so that the translation is practically “right” by the time I’ve finished. Even so, I may have few or many edits to make. I would definitely call my third reading “proofreading” when I read aloud the printed copy.
 
Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
Slovenia
Local time: 15:06
English to Slovenian
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Same Jul 17

I just read it carefully again in delivery format.

Christine Andersen
 
Thayenga
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Germany
Local time: 15:06
Member (2009)
English to German
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Segment by segment Jul 17

Regardless of in which format the translation is, I always read it segment by segment. These segments can be a single longer sentence or a paragraph.

Sometimes I speed read it because mistakes seem to "jump" right at me.

Christine Andersen
 
ferreirac
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Brazil
Local time: 10:06
English to Portuguese
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AI-assisted proofreading Jul 17

Generally, after translating, I perform the first review using AI, and I only do the final review myself by reading the document in a text editor or PDF viewer on my computer. (I also use CAT tool, memoQ.)
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 14:06
English to Portuguese
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Other Jul 21

With my eyes. Proofreading with my elbows has never worked. 😁

Gregor Trebec
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