Alchemy Translations

TRANSLATION SET: depending on the project, the customer will require to provide either 1 or 2 translations for the same source string. Project managers will inform the translation team whether 1 or 2 translations are required in each handoff.
TASKS WITH 2 TRANSLATIONS NEEDED: if 2 translations are required:
• They will be paid individually (if you provide both Translation1 and Translation2 for the same source string, the source string will be paid twice).
• Translation1 needs to be the most common.
• It will be mandatory to provide 2 valid different translations of the same source string. Both translations need to maintain the original intent using different words, structures, and expressions, which means that Translation1 cannot be the same as or very similar to Translation2. Make every attempt to provide a meaningful diversity in Translation2 and not just change the articles or other minor changes.
Example:

o T1: I’m Ralf.
o T2 (valid): My name is Ralf
o T2 (not valid): I am Ralf

• This diversity can come from using a different level of formality, translate into two sentences with different meanings (if the source text is ambiguous), use synonyms in the second translation or rephrase the sentence (syntactic difference). If words with ambiguous gender are present in the source, please be sure to switch the gendered words in the second translations. Please take all these possibilities for providing diversity into account and combine them. Do not always use the same criteria (for example do not always rephrase). Don't try to add a new translation from a different variant such as Swiss German for German (this would be a cheating behavior for wrong target language). Tips on how to provide valid 2nd translations are posted in the below section.
• Centific will conduct checks to detect how similar Translation1 and Translation2 are. If there is an indication that Translation1 and Translation2 are the same or too similar (only minimum variations applied), it will be considered a cheating behavior.
• There are cases where it is not possible to provide a valid Translation2, and in these cases Translation2 should be omitted. For example when the source is made just by:
o a number or a price
o a URL
o an email address
o a proper name
o etc.
• If only Translation1 has been provided, Centific will conduct checks to detect if the lack of Translation2 is justified. If there is an indication that the lack of Translation2 is not justified, the user who missed to translate it will be penalized in the QA.
• If the task requires 2 translations but it is not possible to provide a valid Translation2, click the SECOND TRANSLATION NOT POSSIBLE button. This will indicate to the reviewers that there is only 1 possible translation for the provided source.

TIPS ABOUT 2ND TRANSLATIONS: The 2nd translations should be considerably different. It’s not just a matter of changing the articles or the punctuation. You should really find a different way to say the same (without of course doing mistranslations, omissions, etc.). Please find here some tips about how to reach this diversity in the 2nd translations.
• Different levels of FORMALITY: Due to their nature, some strings should have either an informal or a formal tone. For example, business reports will usually be formal, tweets will usually be informal. Vulgar and offensive contents will more likely have an informal tone too. However, if the source context is ambiguous enough to let you play with different levels of formality, you can use this to vary Translation1 from Translation2. For example:
o Translation1: Votre enfant va impatiemment se rendre sur le site Internet www.loremipsum.com
o Translation2: Ton gamin s’éclatera sur www.loremipsum.com
• Different meaning for AMBIGUOUS sources: Sometimes the source text is ambiguous and can be interpreted in different ways. You can use Translation1 and Translation2 to provide 2 different possible meanings of the same ambiguous source string. For example:
o Source: Fred previously checked on this with the gas desk because Aquila indicated interest in buying out this contract.
Here it is not clear whether “Fred” and “Aquila” are two people or two companies, so you can:
o T1: translate as if they were both people names
o T2: translate as if they were both company names
• Different SINTAXES: Use different syntactic structures in Translation1 and Translation2. This doesn’t only mean change the word order, but literally using different grammar/syntactic structures. For example:
o T1: I wish you all the best on your birthday
o T2: Wishing you a happy birthday
o T1: Quería saber si te gustaría ir a ver “American Beauty” con nosotros un día de estos
o T2: ¿Te apetecería ir a ver con nosotros “American Beauty” algún día?
• Different TERMINOLOGY: Terminology between Translation1 and Translation2 can be changed, but please make sure you don’t change just one word, otherwise they would be too similar. For example:
o Source: Manual coffee crafting competition (Atlanta)
o T1: Gara di preparazione manuale del caffè (Atlanta)
o T2: Competizione di Atlanta su come fare il caffè a mano
• Different GENDERS: If the source language doesn't support a specific gender and it’s ambiguous, please use different genders for Translation1 and Translation2. For example:
o Source: You are really funny.
o T1: Sei molto simpatica. → This is feminine
o T2: Ti trovo davvero simpatico. → This is masculine
UNACCEPTABLE 2ND TRANSLATIONS: Examples of unacceptable 2nd translations, that will be considered cheating behaviors, include (but are not limited to):