Kenneth Dougan

Translating means deciding which word deserves to stay

I am a Spanish, English and French translator. I work on my own, which means the text you send me is read, translated and revised by the same person from start to finish.

How I see the craft

I ask before I assume

When a sentence in the original can be read two ways, I do not choose blindly on your behalf: I ask you. It is usually a two-line question that saves an expensive misunderstanding.

Your terminology comes first

If your company already calls things by a certain name, that name is respected. I note your preferences and apply them to later jobs too.

No machine translation

A machine translates words; a translator translates intent. What I hand you was written by me, sentence by sentence.

The three languages

Spanish

Into Spanish from English and French.

English

Into English from Spanish and French.

French

Into French from Spanish and English.