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DOs and DON'Ts in Comment Writing
| Please DO… | Example |
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| …describe how the target deviates from source (rather than the other way around) |  “wild” added to “horse” “horse” translated as “wild horse”  ENG source only reads “horse”, not “wild horse” |
| …make sure that the location of your intervention is clear | “True” and “False” left in English in the table heading |
| …use back-translations whenever useful, and ALWAYS in the case of mistranslation | “donkey” translated as “monkey” |
| … advise, if your comment is FYI only | FYI: in Zedish “with backbone” and “vertebrate” have the same root word, which makes the correct answer obvious. Unchanged by Ver |
| … ALWAYS advise whether or not you made an intervention | OK now / Unchanged by Ver Text caption not fully visible. Ver was unable to change \\ Text caption not fully visible |
| … use impersonal and neutral approach | “Verifier feels… Changed by Ver(ifier)” “I think…” “I changed” |
| Please DON’T… | Example |
|---|---|
| …describe what it reads in the source (but rather how the target deviates from source) | In ENG source it reads “book” Not “booklet” “book” translated as “booklet” |
| … describe the issue through the action performed by you | Ver changed “house” to “building” “building” translated as “house” |
| … write comments that are not understandable to reviewers that do not understand the target language () | “քըցխ” changed to “իընշւխյւզգ” (Which term is the comment referring to? Who made the change? Why?) “building” translated as “house” |
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