Professional translations of abstracts

Once a scientific work has been completed, the only thing missing is the abstract – a short and descriptive summary of the work. In the modern-day, international scientific community, the abstract is often translated. But be careful: For the special features of the abstract to be suitable in the translation, it must be handled very carefully. If the abstract fails to convince the reader, he or she will probably not read the full work.

Your translator needs to know more than just how to transfer text from one language to the other. The translator must be aware of how the abstract reflects the author’s central theses. The most important terms should be used as well. This is also an opportunity to consider highly relevant terms for database searches.

Short, descriptive sentences are best, and fill words should be avoided when composing an abstract. Another important tip is to not write any new statements in the abstract that are not present in the scientific work itself. However, full sentences from the original work may not be repeated in the abstract either. In fact, it is important to reform excerpts from the composition and rewrite them in other words.