Jun 23, 2021 10:55
2 yrs ago
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English term

Colour coded table

English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy Diploma
Explanation: Hi, how do you approach translating a document with colour coded sections? I'm looking at a table with text about students achievements but the background of each cell is either yellow,green,dark green or red to indicate how student did in particular sections, there's also a legend underneath (also colourful obviously!). It's an official document so I'm not sure I want to make it colourful, also I'm not sure if I would get the exact tone, shade etc.
Do you just leave it black and white and then state the colour of the of the background in [brackets] or is there another way?
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Responses

4 hrs

use the same colors

Declined
And include a Translator's Note explaining what each color represents.
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Reference comments

17 mins
Reference:

I just choose colors similar to those in the original document unless instructed by the client to omit all color-related issues.
If they use it in an official document, which why would anything prevent you from doing the same? Sometimes it is difficult to select an exact match, but I usually try to be as close as possible to the original and have never had any complaints from clients about that.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
57 mins
agree Anneline Arries
3 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Just make sure the client has access to a color printer.
3 hrs
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