Comments on: What I’m Working On http://kleinletters.com/Blog/what-im-working-on/ Todd Klein on lettering, literature and more Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:11:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Allen http://kleinletters.com/Blog/what-im-working-on/comment-page-1/#comment-33221 Allen Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:22:00 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21253#comment-33221 Generally what I do when I do a French version of a project up here in the Great White North is to use a smaller font size to keep the work to a minimum. I find French is about 10 – 15% more then English.

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]]> By: Floris from Holland http://kleinletters.com/Blog/what-im-working-on/comment-page-1/#comment-33214 Floris from Holland Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:49:01 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21253#comment-33214 Hello Todd,
Compliments on the work attitude and for finishing another deadline on time! The pleasure in doing your job is seeping through the text. Could it be that French word have more -eux, -ble extensions? Anyway, great job and I hope the will be some time to relax soon. Enjoying the blog, keep up the great work! Greetings to Ellen from a suncooked Holland.

]]> By: David Goldfarb http://kleinletters.com/Blog/what-im-working-on/comment-page-1/#comment-33202 David Goldfarb Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:08:59 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21253#comment-33202 As a rule, translations tend to be less terse than the original simply because there will be things that can be expressed economically in the source language that can’t in the target. And also I think French in general tends to be a bit wordier than English is.

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