Djilali Naceur

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Djilali NACEUR
• Where do you live?
  • Algeria
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  • I love languages, and to know other cultures.
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • I have a thorough knowledge of my mother tongue.
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • The final output in the target language
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • A text that looked like the original without having the characteristics of the target culture.
• If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  • Get a better mastery of foreign cultures and languages
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • Matecat
• What's the best book you've read this year?
  • Indignez vous