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| − | {{cquote|I stumbled onto TED while preparing my MBA Final Thesis. I was writing a chapter on plain language, and Google brought me to the TEDTalk of [http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/dut/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon.html Alan Siegel] | + | {{cquote|I stumbled onto TED while preparing my MBA Final Thesis. I was writing a chapter on plain language, and Google brought me to the TEDTalk of [http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/dut/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon.html Alan Siegel]. I translated it into Dutch, just to get a feeling of how the translation dynamics worked. I liked it so much that I decided to try to 'make a small contribution' by becoming a TED Translator. Since I'm a true philologist (word-lover), this is in fact just fun to me. In the process, I have come across zillions of interesting ideas, and interesting people.|||[http://www.ted.com/profiles/524687 Els De Keyser], Dutch, French and Italian TED Translator|}} |
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| “ | I stumbled onto TED while preparing my MBA Final Thesis. I was writing a chapter on plain language, and Google brought me to the TEDTalk of Alan Siegel. I translated it into Dutch, just to get a feeling of how the translation dynamics worked. I liked it so much that I decided to try to 'make a small contribution' by becoming a TED Translator. Since I'm a true philologist (word-lover), this is in fact just fun to me. In the process, I have come across zillions of interesting ideas, and interesting people. | ” |
| —Els De Keyser, Dutch, French and Italian TED Translator | ||
