Giulia C, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

Translations: You Get What You Pay For!

May 12, 2017

We’ve heard it said more than once in our lives, “you get what you pay for,” meaning that buying cheap stuff alludes to a false economy, since what appears to

Memsource: Watch Out for Spaces!

May 5, 2017

As we have explained on other occasions, Memsource is a CAT tool that allows us to work with text in two columns: one for the source text and one for

How to Save Money on Legal Translations

April 28, 2017

There are three key factors in the production of almost any service: cost, speed and quality. Often, only two of these elements can be prioritized. When it comes to legal

The Difficulties of Translating Comics

April 21, 2017

Drawings, cartoons, speech bubbles, onomatopoeias, visual metaphors…comic strips, comic books, manga, B.D. or bande desinée…Surely, you’ve read one. This type of artistic expression, with its characteristic format and elements, has

How to Translate AutoCAD

April 14, 2017

Files created in AutoCAD are mostly plans and diagrams for various applications such as architecture, engineering, mechanics and other projects that require technical and precise specifications in order to design

“Gross” Words: Lost in Translation?

April 7, 2017

Consider the following words: phlegm, slacks, yolk, smear. If you think these are completely unconnected terms, you’re right. They only have one thing in common: English speakers are grossed out

How to Translate InDesign Files

March 31, 2017

InDesign files require special attention in order to achieve an efficient and complete translation. This is because, unlike other file formats, the documents created with InDesign have a main file

March 14: Pi(e) Day?

March 24, 2017

In the mathematical community, March 14 is Pi Day, the number that expresses the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The one we always talked about in school:

When is Proofreading Necessary?

March 17, 2017

Every translation project is different. Some translations will need to be certified, some will come along with some sort of surprise request and will have to be finalized and delivered

PDF: A Double-Edged Sword

March 10, 2017

PDF files have gained a lot of popularity in recent years since they are ideal for quickly exchanging files and easy viewing. They can be exported from almost any type

Visual Poetry

March 3, 2017

As a reader, poetry is easy to recognize. And it’s always such a wonderful experience to hear it read out loud. Poetry is also quite a challenge to translate; not

Untranslatable Words from French

February 24, 2017

There are thousands of words and expressions that, for linguistic or cultural reasons, don’t have an exact equivalent in other languages. When translating, we must use our imagination and our

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