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The Washington Post is dabbling in translations to reach a growing non-English speaking audience » Nieman Journalism Lab
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includes translating political explainers as "part of our attempt to reach new readers who are interested in American politics — but perhaps don't speak English... "We were convinced that there is a need for translated articles, but we hadn't hit on the right formulation in terms of how to get a professionalized translation that's turned around quickly enough... We're looking at very specific articles that could have a little bit more life, that we could translate and just leave up there."
Explainers about the American political process fit the bill. ... we challenged our copyeditors to re-edit the stories written by our politics team assuming no knowledge.
Explainers about the American political process fit the bill. ... we challenged our copyeditors to re-edit the stories written by our politics team assuming no knowledge.
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