{"id":23042,"date":"2022-09-09T16:11:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creative-words.com\/?p=23042"},"modified":"2022-09-09T16:11:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:11:28","slug":"it-translation-what-you-need-to-know-and-who-it-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fancyfestival.com\/creative-words\/it-translation-what-you-need-to-know-and-who-it-is-for\/","title":{"rendered":"IT translation: what you need to know and who it is for"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Information Technology?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Technology permeates our lives. So does Information Technology<\/strong><\/a> translation<\/a><\/span>,<\/span> or IT translation<\/strong><\/span>, even if this is not always as obvious. From the moment the alarm clock wakes us up in the morning to the last chat message we send before going to bed, we are ever more aware of the advances of electronic science, whether they be appliances or devices such as computers and smartphones.<\/p>\n

As users of such devices, we are accustomed to using both an international language of symbols (an envelope to recognise emails or email addresses, an ellipsis to indicate more functions, a question mark to search for help, etc.) and our own language to navigate the vast quantity of information we access on a daily basis. However, because symbols are not unique and can mean different concepts to different cultures, words are still the most immediate means of communication in the wake of globalization. In essence: translators are the catalyst to convey technology, innovation and information around the world.<\/p>\n

Information technology<\/strong><\/span>, or IT, is the usage of devices to create, delete and manage all sorts of electronic data<\/span><\/a><\/span>, including this very article you are reading.<\/p>\n

Can such an important aspect of our lives afford to be neglected when migrating from one language to another? Here and now, in the Digital Era, most definitely not.<\/p>\n

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What types of IT documents require translations?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

IT translation<\/strong><\/span> is a very broad term which includes a plethora of text types and genres that translators work on daily to ensure each piece of writing is properly understood by the target audience. That is to say, there is a vast range of types of translations that require different skills.<\/p>\n

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Is techno-spirituality found in translation\u2026?<\/h6>\n

Here are but a couple of examples to better explain:<\/p>\n