有邊個讀日文既曾經諗住做翻譯?? (上篇)

我估好多有興趣讀日文既人, 可能都曾經諗過將來要做翻譯. 我想問大家心目中既翻譯工作到底係點既呢? 係咪諗住翻譯漫畫, 電影, 動畫, 化妝品護膚品既使用方法etc, 呢類"寓工作於娛樂"既行業呢?

 

如果你真係搵到呢類翻譯, 咁我真係非常之恭喜你(事實上有幾多公司真係會請一個純翻譯吖). 事實上, 我相信大部份要翻譯既野, 都係無比沉悶既商業文件...

 

我係公司裏面唔係專做翻譯, 但因為香港office既同事唔識日文; 黎到日本office D同事又唔識英文, 所以好多時D文件就揼晒比我要我做翻譯.

 

 

呢排, 我無啦啦做佐好多翻譯工作, D文件內容真係譯到我嘔晒血, 以下係其中一些令我嘔血既翻譯工作.

 

CASE 1

公司auditor唔識英文, 但最近接佐兩間以分別美國同德國為總部既日本分公司既audit黎做, 所以個audit report要出英文. 本來我地香港office係有D sample可以比佢地參考, 但佢地睇唔明英文, 要我將個audit report譯做日文比佢地睇, 我試列出某D內容比大家睇:

 

"Leases where substantially all the rewards and risks of ownership of assets remain with the lessor are accounted for as operating leases"

 

"A related party can also be a member of the key management personnel of the entity or its parent and his/her close members of the families and includes post-employment benefit plans which are for the benefit of employees of the company or of any entity is a related party of the company."

 

其實佢地未出聲叫我譯之前, 我都預佐佢地睇唔明個report, 我已經係側邊用日文寫住"呢度係解釋咩叫operating leases", "呢度係講related parties"既定義, 唉, 但係估唔到咁樣都唔夠, 要我詳細地譯埋出黎, 嘔血...

 

或者你會話, 上Yahoo Japan搵番operating lease同related party既日文定義黎參考咪得囉, 都係一個辦法黎既.

 

CASE 2

咁法律文件呢?? 有個客既香港分公司牽涉佐幾單官司, for the purpose of the clients' audited financial statement, 佢地既代表律師就send佐封信黎, 解釋一下到底果幾單官司係咩情況.

 

D日本auditors當然睇唔明"咁深奧"既法律文件啦, 結果咪又係去佐我度囉, 5頁紙既文件, 要大半日之內譯好做日文, 又嘔佐我幾桶血... 又列出部份內容比大家睇吓:

 

"On 1 Jan 2006, ABC lodged its Writ and the Statement of Claim in the High Court and had successfully served the Writ on the 1st Defendant DEF...... The 1st Defendant subsequently commenced a third party action against GHI and contribution proceedings against Chan Tai Man seeking an order to have GHI and/or Chan Tai Man to Indemnify DEF for any judgment sums awarded against DEF in favour of ABC in these proceedings."

 

你知啦, 有D字平時用同係法律文件上用係有完全唔同既解釋架麻, 好似上文咁, serve唔通真係譯做"為...服務"咩...

 

 

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