La Traduction Des Documents D'Entreprise. Le Cas Des Manuels De Mise En Service Et D'Entretien

The multicultural and multilingual environment of the enterprise requires that documents produced in and for the enterprise (articles of incorporation, contracts, proxies, statements, records, minutes, reports, business plans, manuals and instructions for cars, safety data sheets, brochures, correspondence etc.) are translated. Italian investors are among the major foreign investors in Romania. They produce and transmit an extremely large number of documents, mainly written in Italian, but also in English and other languages – depending on their business partners. In this paper we intend to examine several issues raised by the translation of documents from Italian into Romanian, namely the features of the specialized language, the diversity of texts, choosing the most suitable person to perform the translation, the quality of the translation, the difficulty of translating a text that is to be read by people with different cultural background, etc. We shall illustrate by analysing the particular case of the instruction manuals for using machines in the footwear industry. This type of documents contains difficulties related mainly to the specialized vocabulary. Any translation error can have important consequences: from the inability of using the respective document to damaging the machine in question, obtaining defective products or endangering the operators. The translated documents are as important for the image and success of the enterprise as the documents produced in the original language of the firm. If well made, they are a true value for the enterprise. The staff and the collaborators of the company should have access to the information they need in order to perform their duties. It is therefore crucial that the translation should be given due importance and a reasonable time to perform, and the documents to be entrusted to experienced translators with appropriate training and experience, who effectively collaborate with experts in the enterprise. Otherwise, the documentation may not be well understood, sometimes may even be unusable, damaging the business objectives.