Poll: There is no such thing as an easy translation job.

Christine Andersen wrote:

Another example is the kind of text that is really well written - but a challenge to reproduce the style and elegance or impact in the target language. I regularly meet those, from one writer in particular.

Maybe there really is no such thing as an 'easy' translation. Some are just demanding, and some seem close to impossible!

However, I find some are definitely less demanding than others.

Mario Chavez wrote:

That's what my French teacher used to say.

Now, whether a translation is easy or not is pretty subjective and, as such, a moot point. Naturally, any translator has the right to brag and say “it was an easy translation!” And, naturally, what worries us translators is the customer, project manager or clueless boss who says that a text is easy, not too technical or simple.

I guess we can confidently answer to the latter with a firm I'll be the judge of that, ok?

Because we are the ultimate judges of whether a text is easy to translate or not.