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The weakest sentence starter: “It is”

"It is considered that (...)," "it is probable that (...)," or even worse "it is of utmost importance that (...)" Do we really need these clunky phrases? Dragoman encourages translators [...]

Elifnur Uysal2019-06-27T19:40:20+03:00February 25, 2019|Categories: Sentences, Transcreation, Translation Tips|Tags: economy of words, how to eliminate redundancy, sentence openers, sentence starters, sentence structure, tighten your sentences, wordiness|

Avoid “There” As a Subject

Turkish source texts often end with "vardır, sahiptir, olmaktadır, bulunmaktadır, bulunur" etc. Some translators tend to start their translations with "There is..." which is usually unnecessary. We expect Dragoman translators [...]

Serdar Dundar2018-11-10T21:51:22+03:00November 7, 2018|Categories: Sentences, Translation Tips|Tags: expletive there verbosity, sentence structure, tighten your sentences, wordiness|

“Such As … and So On / So Forth” Redundancy

Dragoman prefers "and so on" or "and so forth" to "etc." (et cetera) to show that there are many other similar things or people that we can add. However, combining [...]

Serdar Dundar2018-09-28T23:22:15+03:00September 12, 2018|Categories: Translation Tips, Word Usage|Tags: copy editing, english writing, etc., giving examples, redundancy, so forth, such as, wordiness, writing well|

“E.g. … and So On / So Forth” Redundancy

If we begin by saying e.g., which means for example, it is redundant to add and so on or and so forth at the end. Incorrect: Some EU countries (e.g., [...]

Serdar Dundar2018-09-29T13:21:18+03:00September 12, 2018|Categories: Translation Tips, Word Usage|Tags: localisation industry, quality assurance, quality standards, redundancy, so forth, so on, unnecessary words, wordiness|

The weakest sentence starter: “It is”

Avoid “There” As a Subject

“Such As … and So On / So Forth” Redundancy

“E.g. … and So On / So Forth” Redundancy

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