医薬品についての文書の翻訳を頼まれたので意訳したら、それは誤訳だとして違約金を取られた。
Iyakuhin ni tsuite no bunsho no hon’yaku o tanomareta node iyaku shitara, sore wa goyaku da toshite iyakukin o torareta.
I was asked to translate a document on medical supplies, and I did a liberal translation, but they claimed that it was a mistranslation and fined me for it.
医薬品 (iyakuhin: medical supplies)
medicine + medicine + goods
文書 (bunsho: document) document + document
翻訳 (hon’yaku: translation) to translate + to translate
頼 (tano(mu): to request)
意訳 (iyaku: free translation, liberal translation)
meaning + to translate
誤訳 (goyaku: mistranslation) to err + to translate
違約金 (iyakukin: penalty for breach of contract)
to break + contract + money
取 (to(ru): to take)
