A revisao de textos traduzidos do ingles para o portugues questoes pertinentes a reflexao e a pratica do revisor textual
A poorly written text does not build credibility and is viewed in a negative way by the reader. Proofreading is the process in which the proofreader identifies errors and inadequacies and intervenes to improve the quality of a text. More specifically, when it comes to proofreading translated texts (TT) one may encounter recurrent problems, such as inadequate punctuation and lack of fluency in the target language, ambiguities of all sorts, awkward literal translations that sound funny, unwanted repetitions, among other inadequacies that compromise the translation and, consequently, the reader's understanding of the original message. In this sense, this paper aims at identifying some problems encountered by the proofreader of TT from English into Portuguese and proposing alternatives to solve them. Technical scientific texts will be the focus of this paper, since the literary genre would require a differentiated analysis. The discussion here is based on authors such as Hurtado Albir (2001) Reuillard (2014) Carvalhal (1993) Mossop (2006) Coelho Neto (2013) Parra Galiano (2007) among other recognized researchers in the areas of translation and proofreading, respectively, and whose reflections contributed to the approach mobilized in this paper. The methodology consisted of selection and manual extraction of TT sections that showcase the problems listed; identification and categorization of the problems; and proposals for improvement of the excerpts, along with explanations of why such inadequacies may be a problem to the reader and how the suggestions made can provide more quality to the text. In the analysis section, the problems identified are analyzed in depth. In the final considerations, the indispensability of the proofreader is emphasized as the qualified professional to intervene in the writing of texts in order to preserve the clarity, the adequacy to the Portuguese language rules, and to ensure that the translation reflects the meaning of the original.