A sigh of relief...
Aug. 15th, 2012 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpSome time ago, I noted the existence of a saying among translators—at least among those who work into and out of Russian—to the effect of: “When I’m the editor, you’re the idiot; when you’re the editor, I’m the idiot.” It's basically a way of stating how disagreements between editor and translator are to be resolved, i.e., in favor of the editor.
Now, I've worked with translators whose sensibilities had been so mentally savaged by the changes made to their oh-so-perfect translations as to call forth melodramatic demands that their names be taken off the final product (think of Joseph Wambaugh and the film version of The Choirboys, but without as much of a reason). On the flip side, I've also worked with editors who couldn't edit their way out of a wet paper bag with a chainsaw, too.
Who the idiot in the relationship might be aside, I've been fairly lucky in the editor department (mostly what I hear is "there's so little to do!" when describing having to edit my work), although there's always just a touch of apprehension involved in sending off a job to someone one hasn't worked with before.
So upon getting the edited job back a few minutes ago, I ran my original and the edited version through the Word comparison feature and was relieved. There were a handful of edits, and all but maybe one of them were spot on.
I now return myself to the kitchen, where a new sausage-and-black-bean creation is taking form.
Cheers...
Now, I've worked with translators whose sensibilities had been so mentally savaged by the changes made to their oh-so-perfect translations as to call forth melodramatic demands that their names be taken off the final product (think of Joseph Wambaugh and the film version of The Choirboys, but without as much of a reason). On the flip side, I've also worked with editors who couldn't edit their way out of a wet paper bag with a chainsaw, too.
Who the idiot in the relationship might be aside, I've been fairly lucky in the editor department (mostly what I hear is "there's so little to do!" when describing having to edit my work), although there's always just a touch of apprehension involved in sending off a job to someone one hasn't worked with before.
So upon getting the edited job back a few minutes ago, I ran my original and the edited version through the Word comparison feature and was relieved. There were a handful of edits, and all but maybe one of them were spot on.
I now return myself to the kitchen, where a new sausage-and-black-bean creation is taking form.
Cheers...
