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Writing & LiteratureNovel Translation75 lines

TRANSLATION GLOSSARY

Quick Summary6 lines
**Project**:
**Source Language**: English
**Target Language**:
**Regional Variant**:
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TRANSLATION GLOSSARY

Project: Source Language: English Target Language: Regional Variant: Date Started: Translator: Claude


CHARACTERS

English NameTranslated / KeptRationale

KEY TERMS & RECURRING PHRASES

EnglishTarget LanguageContext / Notes

PLACE NAMES

EnglishTarget LanguageStrategy (kept/adapted/translated)

CULTURAL REFERENCES

English ReferenceStrategyTarget Equivalent / Note
Domesticated
Foreignized
Neutralized

ESTABLISHED NARRATIVE DECISIONS

DecisionChoice MadeRationale
Narrative tense
T-V pronoun relationships
Narrator register/formality
Dialect/regional variant
Dialogue register strategy

PRONUNCIATION / DIFFICULT TERMS

TermNotes

TRANSLATOR'S NOTES (significant choices)

[Chapter/Section Reference]

Original: Strategy: Note:


Glossary to be updated with each chapter. Review before beginning each new chapter.

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