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Any type of written text can be a candidate for translation, however, the translation industry is often categorised by a number of areas of specialization. Each specialisation has its own challenges and difficulties. An incomplete list of these specialised types of translation includes:

Administrative translation

The translation of administrative texts.

Commercial translation

The translation of commercial (business) texts. This category may include marketing and promotional materials directed to consumers.

Computer translation

The translation of computer programs and related documents (manuals, help files, web sites.)

The notion of localisation, that is the adaptation of the translation to the target language and culture, is gaining prevalence in this area of specialisation.

(Note that the term "computer translation" is sometimes used to refer to the practice of machine translation, using computers to automatically translate texts.)

General translation

The translation of "general" texts. In practice, few texts are really "general"; most fall into a specialisation but are not seen as such.