• Meanings in the source language must be conveyed accurately in the target language, without loss of meanings.
• Pay attention to the readership of your translation (i.e. clarity)
• Be aware of the notion of register (i.e. vocabulary, style, grammatical features) and collocation both in the source language and the target language.
• Make sure that your translation is NOT read like a translation (i.e. naturalness)
• There are no such things as “free translation”.