A rather typical week in the life of an interpreter / translator: On Monday, I translated a chapter of a novel from Russian into German; On Tuesday, I translated an advertising text from German into English; On Wednesday, I was an interpreter at a technical schooling (Russian-German); On Thursday, I…
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We used to have a price list for translations, proofreading and interpreting on our homepage, but we took it down because the prices are too individual. What does a translation cost? That depends on the text, the topic, the format, the urgency and the scope. A complex urgent translation of…
2018: the first year when I fully abandoned academic work in favour of translation and interpreting, and I didn’t regret it for a minute. Translations (science, advertising, technical texts, literature): I got the chance to translate several poems and songs: into German and English from Russian, as well as into…
The thing about translating photography & art catalogues is that you really need to know the lingo; there is great deal of variation between different kinds of art texts: thick and serious museum catalogues can sound differently from playful exhibition prospects, so you need more than terminology – apart from…
I just got a very cute order from a translation office (I won’t say which): “Herewith we order: § Absolutely flawless translation German-Russian”. If this phrase were part of every order, flawless quality would be guaranteed, right? :) Some possible alternatives include “ideal translation”, “perfect translation”, “impeccable translation”, “excellent translation”,…
Once again, I was asked if I was a native speaker of English – and this is always a complicated discussion for me. I come from academic translation studies, where everybody loves saying how outdated the concept of native language is: one’s most active and versatile language is not always…
In “Less”, a brilliant novel (alas, already translated into German; I would have loved to do the job), an American author unexpectedly receiving an Italian award: “Less begins to imagine […] that he has been mistranslated. Or, what is the word? Supertranslated? His novel given to an unacknowledged genius of…
I won a translation award for Viktor Shklovsky: Reader! First things first: why would a native speaker of Russian (or Russian and German) translate into English? The bit in brackets is a whole other discussion: if only Russian or both Russian and German should count as my native languages if…
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Friederike Buchinger7. April, 2023.Alexandra Berlina hat mir bereits mehrfach sehr schnell und sehr kompetent mit ihrem Fachwissen zur Seite gestanden. Die Zusammenarbeit ist jedes Mal ein großes Vergnügen - inhaltlich absolut fundiert und zuverlässig und menschlich einfach nur toll!Igor Neander Bar Knuckle12. March, 2023.Very professional translation and responsible approach. Many thanks.Mark Lipovetsky28. February, 2023.Alexandra Berlina is the best translator I've ever worked with. She is thorough, inventive, widely erudite. Working with her is like working with the translator and editor simultaneously. I highly recommend her for texts in humanities, scholarly or artistic.bayon198931. January, 2023.Thanks to Alexandra Berlina for a wonderful translationЮлия Ш22. January, 2023.Я любитель поэт с недельным стажем)) «Мой» муза не понимает по-русски, текст переводили на немецкий. Я восхищена, мы восхищены, перевести стих с одного языка на другой, это фактически написать новый. Александра прочувствовала меня ❤️ Скажу честно, у немецких поэтов столь красивых стихов не видела, всегда считала немецкий техническим языком . Спасибо, Александра и до очередного сотрудничества.Aligeidar Tagiev24. December, 2022.Für mein zukünftiges Buch habe ich eine Übersetzerin gesucht, die meine russischen Gedichte in die deutsche Lyrik übersetzt. Nach langer Suche und verschiedenen Anläufen freue ich mich, dass ich die Übersetzerin Alexandra Berlina gefunden habe. Ich freue mich über die durchaus anspruchsvolle Übersetzungsleistung und möchte daher gerne mit Alexandra mein komplettes Buchproekt umsetzen.nick teplov16. December, 2022.Our commission was rather specific, we asked to translate a collection of traditional folk songs for a film project. A job that requires much literary talent. The result was both precise and artistic. I should also mention that it has arrived much ahead of time. Highly recommended!Ulrich Bäder18. November, 2022.Schnell, zuverlässig, perfekt übersetzt. Besser geht es nicht. Vielen Dank!irina moessle18. November, 2022.Vielen Dank!! Es war wunderbar, interessant und spannend zu sehen wie meine Texte anfingen auf deutsch zu leben. Frau Berlina hat nicht nur übersetzt, sie erkannte auch den Rhythmus und die richtige Intonation und gab es weiter, was meine Texte sehr lebendig machte.Joseph M.13. October, 2022.Frau Berlina arbeitete zügig und ausgezeichnet beim Lektorieren eines englischen wissenschaftlichen Textes. Auf Rückfragen gab sie schnelle Rückmeldungen und verwies nach Möglichkeit immer auf entsprechende Literatur. Ich würde Frau Berlina weiterempfehlen.
