Library

I went to the library to borrow some magazines back number. I wanted to read some articles related to the subject I will translate. It is a science topic. The latest technology about future cure. It is very new to me and I am interested in that topic. I think it is important to research about the topic if it is not familiar to me. As I don't have any knowledge about the topic, I should learn a basic information before starting a translation.

Where to study outside?

I think why a library doesn't admit to study there. It says "You are not admit to bring your own study kit and study here" on the paper. It is the place to read books or newspapers around there. I can understand that when people want to read a book there, they need a place to put the book and a chair. I know that. I hope there is a study room at the library. I think the library I went was a small library and they don't have a enough space to make a study room. I know a big library has a large study room and there are always many people there. However, I don't like that place very much.

Should I study at a coffee shop and the like?

task

I have done my task and I will only check it tomorrow. Now I don't have a paid job, something with expire is like my work. I was glad and I went outside in the evening. It is still hot today, yet almost the end of August. I have an important thing in September, about my mother. I hope I can choose the best solution for her. I should be true to myself and accept her will. I believe my hope will come true.

Priority

I tried my best but I couldn't finish translation. I did a lot and I can use time for translation tomorrow morning instead of listening to a radio English program. I have to change my habit sometimes when I have a thing which has a limit to submit. It's OK. I should be flexible to accept a priority.

Priority

I am glad to use my time for translation about an hour in the morning and 4 hours in the afternoon. I followed what I read in the book the other day. It goes "Do first what you want to do." I usually read a newspaper in the morning first then translate in the afternoon. But when I started translating in the morning, I would use more time for translation. I use less time for reading a newspaper though.

Subtitle

It is still hot even after mid August. I feel my constitution has changed a little. I noticed by having melons. I always had a stomach trouble after having melons, but there were no problem after having a quarter of melon today. I used to have less drinks and hot teas even in summer but I can take cold teas this summer. The climate effected my body.

I practiced translation on subtitle. It was difficult and also interesting because the number of letters are limited each line. I felt it was like Japanese haiku or tanka since they are limited in letters like 5, 7, 5 and 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 respectively. It was more creative than technical translation which must be accurate to original text. It might be more difficult because subtitle needs different way of speaking from original one. It requires understanding the meaning and create different line with same meaning, often in a short line. It took about 5 hours and I just translated one third of whole. It will take more 2 days in my plan.

Learn from others

We have a Japanese proverb "Make yourself correct by observing others." I realized that was true. I have learnt a translation lesson in this way. I found which is good and which is wrong. It is difficult to doubt myself because I thought it was right. But when I saw what others wrote, I found that what I wrote was something wrong. It shows that we can't learn alone. We can learn among others because we are just different each other. If I don't know what is going on around, I can't feel anything except what I feel, that is just a small world. Only inside of what one person can think. Thinking of that, school system might be a good system since we can learn among many students. It can say same thing also the company system. In society, even working alone, there must be a relationship with others though. Whether it is great or something wrong I felt by observing what others wrote, I can learn from both of them. I will try to observe what others wrote in same things I do.

Time for translation and checking

I translated about for 5 hours and I feel I did good job. It took a lot of hours to translate for me because I can't translate fast. A professional translator I met at the seminar uses time for checking as much as 5 to 6 times of translating. I think she translates very fast and takes enough time for checking. She says the checking is very important and it is the most interesting part of translating. We should check mistakes and consider the sentences in order to make the best sentences. I think it must be true. I will check precisely to make sentences easy to understand and accurate to the original one.

Believe in continuing

I study translation now. I am happy to do it. I found I am improving a translation skill because I can see the mistakes which I made 2 months ago. I couldn't notice about them at that time. Keep studying makes me surely improve the skill. I can believe and I will continue to study.