A while ago, I made a translation from English to Dutch for the Malta tourist board. An interesting job, because rather than just translate, they asked me to adapt the brochure for the Dutch market. A literal translation would have come across almost like a parody in Dutch. We are not used to overly flowery language and like to keep it a bit more factual. This means I sometimes had to completely rearrange and even rewrite the text. Below is the first page, also used as a test page, which landed me the job. Original English on the left, my Dutch version on the right. You’ll agree this is not a simple translation from English to Dutch but a Lees verder →