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Translation is not Find and Replace Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Translation is not Find and Replace Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Translation is not find and replace. A sentence carries a register, a joke, a century and a country, and the literary translator in the tee spent a week on one line of a novel that the machine rendered in a second and rendered wrong in every way that mattered. Six words for the difference. This tee is the difference, worn to the translators' conference.

Wear it to the translators' conference, the publishing house, the language department, the court interpreting shift, and the family dinner where a relative says the app translates fine. It is a warm gift for a literary translator, a court interpreter, a language teacher, and the friend who spent a week on the sentence.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a translators' conference. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the week-on-one-sentence entry on our anti-AI movement page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Is this a shirt for interpreters too? Yes. Court and medical interpreters buy it as often as book translators; the register problem is the same.

Would a language department order these for the faculty? Departments do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do translators pick? Ivory and Black. Bay for the conference.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the all-hands where they announce the new tool, the studio, the classroom, the town meeting about the data center.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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