Criteria for biograms
Criteria for constraction translator’s biograms
A) Photo
1-With certain people => for example: his/her author/ friend/ wife/ husband/ son etc.
2-In a certain place => for example: At the working desk or in the component country
B) Main text
1-Name, surname, date of birth, place of birth (*); date of death and place of death (†)
2-Data about the family
- Data about the jobs of the parents
- Other information about mother/ father? => for example: His father was also a translator.
3- Data about the marriage
- Married/ single/ widow
- Profession of the wife/ husband, children, professions of the children?
- Data about the children => for example: They also work as translators!
4- Education
- Primary school. If it plays an important role in the life of translator.
- Only college and university => What language has he learned?
5- Profession
- What? Where? When?
- Is translation his main or secondary activity?
6- Other individual data
- Friends with X.
- Important life stations?/ Milestones in his/ her life?
7- Languages
- From/ in which language does he/ she translate?
8- Information about the translation activity of the translator
- His/ her translation method? Translation understanding?
9- Awards
- What award did he/ she get?
C) Publications
- Works of the translator
- Translated works
D) Bibliography
- From which sources comes the information
- All data inclusive photo must be remarked with source