Spotlight on Sunday 29th April 2007

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Re: Spotlight on Sunday 29th April 2007

by skyrocket 12.11.17 9:12

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - thanks for your (as always) rational and unbiased response to what I posted.

Yes, I'm not sure that others have realised the point you make - the corrected translation makes Fatima's statement more credible and as I said above, I think she is a genuine/valuable witness. I'm sorry [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I have the utmost respect for your work/opinions but the fact remains that the best make mistakes - it would be a miracle if there were none in the files (11,000 pages?). They need correcting if found, IMO.

I read texts very closely (multiple times) and I have found several mistakes over the last few years - none of which I have posted. Some are mis-translations; some poor transcript transfers. Just as a very simple example. For [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s benefit I'll stick to words which are the same in both Portuguese and English so there can be no confusion with translation:

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'quando se encontrava no bar 'O TAPAS','

has been translated as:

'while he was in the tapas restaurant'

Now, the mistake (and that is what it is) may not seem too significant, but if the restaurant and bar are 2 separate rooms or even areas, then the meaning of the statement changes entirely. Mistakes need to be pointed out IF they become an issue of meaning/clarification.

I stand by the corrected translation, and it bothers me that [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] is so quick to dismiss points rather than being prepared to check personally, before making comment. I always check very carefully before I post - seems good practise to me. Uninformed criticism doesn't help moving anything forward - it merely adds confusion, and despite what some think, confusion is not good. Translation of stand alone words/phrases is NOT some mystical science and Spanish actually helps a lot (particularly verbs) with Portuguese and Italian - all wonderful languages.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - nothing you post is going to stop me posting what/when I choose, I think you might even agree that I am one of the least frivolous members on here, nor am I going to get involved in pointless, long-winded, 'button pressing' posts. As per your favourite command: 'Let's move on!' winkwink