What Is Transcreation

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What is TRANSCREATION?

It seems that while the very low cost per word of MT translation is fuelling
a mass-market uptake of translation, we are also seeing increasing
demand for VALUE-ADDED translation services like transcreation []
Translation taken a STEP FURTHER.
Transcreation is a term used chiefly by advertising and marketing
professionals to refer to the process of ADAPTING a message from one
language to another, while maintaining its intent, style, tone and context.
A successfully transcreated message evokes the SAME emotions and
carries the same implications in the target language as it does in the
source language [] without the loss of SALIENCE.
The original content in the source language is used as a FOUNDATION
for the transcreated version in another language. Transcreation is similar
to asking someone to REWRITE something you have written but in
their own words.
The aim of the game with transcreation is to GET THE SAME
REACTION in each language, something that translation in itself wont
be able to achieve.
As a rule, transcreation should be applied when the success of a piece of
content relies on an essential voice and style that must be maintained in
another language or culture. Use transcreation when you have
developed a DELICATE MARKETING concept and need it adapted for
GLOBAL CONSUMPTION.
What FIELDS does this concept relate to? Marketing, Advertising,
Consumer trends.

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