3 Steps to Drafting A Translation

Drafting the translation: words to paper

1. Get the basics such as page number, formatting, fonts etc. designated and designed so you can simply concentrate on your translating.
2. Get ready to be creative and focused. For the first draft, be ready to be a writer more than anything else. Don’t stop. Keep going. When you encounter a hurdle, enter the Chinese, add your questions, comments, and/or alternative translations. Come back to these later though — during the review and editing stages.
3. You might as well highlight or compile a list of terms, phrases, or sentences that you know you will want to take a second look, double check, research, and/or add to the glossary and/or index for this sutra. Again, come back to these later though — during the review and editing stages.

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