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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Португалија
Local time: 20:48
Член (2007)
англиски на португалски
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N/A Apr 12, 2025

My experience...

Jennifer Levey
Philip Lees
Christine Andersen
Helena Chavarria
Daryo
Lingua 5B
 
Philip Lees
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Грција
Local time: 22:48
грчки на англиски
Sensitive Apr 13, 2025

You mean as opposed to culturally insensitive translation/interpreting?
 
Kay Denney
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Франција
Local time: 21:48
француски на англиски
. Apr 15, 2025

I rely on my flair for cultural sensitivity. I read a lot in English, my "cultural sensitivity radar" is always alert.
I've often pointed out to clients that "no you can't put that, there are English-speaking people who will freak out at that".
 
Lingua 5B
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Босна и Херцеговина
Local time: 21:48
англиски на француски
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Experience, micro-community knowledge Apr 15, 2025

When I intepreted psychiatric interviews, the doctor would always keep me for a while, after the session with a patient, and asked: “I wanna make sure I don’t miss any cultural nuances.” Then I’d go and explain some common cultural norms in micro-communities that were relevant to the specific patient/interview.

As for translations, any culturally-sensitive translation in my language pair is paid really bad, so I don’t do them. And I usually do B2B translations, cultural se... See more
When I intepreted psychiatric interviews, the doctor would always keep me for a while, after the session with a patient, and asked: “I wanna make sure I don’t miss any cultural nuances.” Then I’d go and explain some common cultural norms in micro-communities that were relevant to the specific patient/interview.

As for translations, any culturally-sensitive translation in my language pair is paid really bad, so I don’t do them. And I usually do B2B translations, cultural sensitivty is higher in B2C contexts (unfortunately paid really bad), typical in fashion, make-up, household products. I only worked in these (cosmetics) as an interpreter, but it was also B2B (cosmetic brand representative from France and a bunch of local beauticians who own salons). They even asked me if I were a beautican, it seems my interpretation was very convincing then.

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