Jose, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

Language is a virus from outer space

January 29, 2016

So far, we (meaning I) have looked at language and translations as: – a deterrent to cultural genocide – a form of time travel – something maybe invented by God

Consider the Octopus

January 8, 2016

A few posts ago we were talking about the ever-growing presence of emoticons, emojis, animated gifs, and other visual forms of communicating; and also, how really it has become an ever-growing

I see what you mean (or: The untranslatable yellow face of doom)

December 10, 2015

It’s been mentioned here before, the use of emoticons to communicate to each other, and questioning if this might be a new form of communication, a new language. As far

Memo from the Sports Desk, pt. 1 (or: Superman vs. QA vs. Panda)

October 26, 2015

Look up in the sky! Is it a plane? No! Is it a bird? No! It’s Supermaaan! I’m sure I’m not the first one to mention it, but how does someone

By the time you finish reading this, three or four languages will die

October 5, 2015

There’s a scene in Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World, where the filmmaker goes around the McMurdo base in Antarctica, interviewing the different people there. All sorts

Fear & Loathing in the Editing Room, pt. 1 (or: Translation Memories vs. Projects vs. Term Bases vs. Godzilla vs. Broken coffee machine)

September 15, 2015

“People engage in conversation, for it is there that news is communicated […] A molla will stand up in the middle […] and begin to preach in a loud voice,

Dropdown

Jose

Language is a virus from outer space

Consider the Octopus

I see what you mean (or: The untranslatable yellow face of doom)

Memo from the Sports Desk, pt. 1 (or: Superman vs. QA vs. Panda)

By the time you finish reading this, three or four languages will die

Fear & Loathing in the Editing Room, pt. 1 (or: Translation Memories vs. Projects vs. Term Bases vs. Godzilla vs. Broken coffee machine)

Kiddo, you have a God-given gift (or: Chant down Babylon – what the Vatican doesn’t want you to know)

You, the time-binding animal

We have to finish this simple: notes toward an experiment