ABSTRACT
In this chapter: A useful way of thinking about translation and language is thattranslators don’t translate words; they translate what people do with words. Intuitive leaps: obviously, guessing at what a word means, or at the best target-
language equivalent, is not going to be a reliable strategy for producing final copy;
but it’s an excellent way to get started (so long as you remember to check your
guesses later).
