candelariaf, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

50 shades of Mary

November 23, 2015

Machine translation is inevitably popular these days as, as previously discussed in this post. And who can blame its users? Google Chrome’s suggestion to “translate this page” from Russian to English

The exotic and mystical language of Rapa Nui

November 2, 2015

The Rapa Nui language is spoken on the Easter Island (also known as the Rapa Nui Island). The territory received its name from Tahitian sailors who thought it resembled a

Words Used Worldwide

October 12, 2015

There are 196 countries in the world and English is the official language in 60 of these. Even in countries where this language is not official, many English words are

Some translators who made a difference

September 18, 2015

Many writers reach stardom. Just think of Shakespeare, Moby Dick and J.K Rowling, amongst others. But can any of us name famous translators? After all, how popular would J.K Rowling’s

Are Movie Titles Lost in Translation?

August 31, 2015

We all know that sometimes movie titles differ greatly to their original source when they are translated. The reason for this is not clear. Sometimes depending on the need to

Another glance at English UK

August 10, 2015

A few weeks ago we looked at the southern British Cockney and RP varieties. Throughout the United Kingdom however, many different varieties of the English language can be found. Northern

A glance at English UK

July 20, 2015

English is the third most spoken language worldwide (preceded by Chinese and Spanish) given that it has 335,000,000 speakers. It is therefore unsurprising that how its sound can vary from

Why Are Translation Memories (TMs) Such a Useful Asset

June 29, 2015

From my experience in the world of translation, Translation Memories (TMs) and Term bases (TBs) are sent in mainly by clients who request to translate large projects or small projects

Punctuation Changes Worldwide

June 8, 2015

Punctuation marks may be hated or even ignored by some people when it comes to writing. Nevertheless, they are sometimes crucial in order to avoid ambiguities. If we take for example

What is Spanish US?

May 15, 2015

As a translator, I am constantly surprised by the number of projects that are translated into U.S. Spanish. I know there are many variants or “flavors” of the Spanish language

What do Grass and Galeano have in common?

April 27, 2015

Last Monday the literary world mourned the death of two famous writers. In the southern hemisphere, at the age of 74, Uruguayan Eduardo Galeano passed away after a long battle

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