A New York carwash owner wanted to open a carwash in Quebec, Canada.He hired a U.S.translator to create signage for the new venture and to design some simple advertising.It was not until the business was opened that he learned that he should have used __________.His French signs actually said "car bath" instead of "car wash."
A)unispeak
B)semiotics
C)back translation
D)semantic symbolism
E)linguistic exchange

Question

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Back translation is the process of translating a text from one language to another and then translating it back into the original language to check for accuracy. This method could have caught the mistake of "car bath" instead of "car wash" in the signage.

A New York Carwash Owner Wanted to Open a Carwash