TED Community » Francisco Gnecco

Location:: Colombia, Bogota
Current organization:: Presently retired form formal work, for being senior, not for being old ;-)
Gender:: Male
Areas of expertise:: Not an "expert" on anything..still on my "learner's Permit" !, on things like physics, engineering, history, chess and, other jokes

I am:: Engineer, Scientist
Languages:: English, Spanish
Universities:: Catholic University of America, Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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A comment on Conversation: How can we improve the TED translations project?

Mar 1 2011: I completely agree with the observations by Katja Tongucer. Translating subtitles requires something special beyond the plain knowledge of the two languages.

A great suggestion by Laszlo Kereszturi, when he says: "New translators must receive detailed advices from TED Translation directly or, maybe a better solution, from experienced translators."

I think any new volunteer for translation should be required to show his abilities in this kind of work, good will is certainly not enough. I am a new translator, and I have to say I was totally surprised when I was accepted without asking from me any evidence of my qualifications for this important task. I should add that some special training could also be prescribed before starting, well beyond the general style guidelines.