September 30, 2010
When Time Is Money
When a person or company needs a translation, they often believe that the most cost-effective and simple way is to do it themselves. Someone knows someone who speaks the language
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September 28, 2010
Intercultural Communication and its Implications for Websites
Intercultural communication, according to Ting-Toomey, involves a process of symbolic exchange in which individuals from two (or more) different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in an interactive situation. With respect
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September 27, 2010
Costs and Pricing for Desktop Publishing, or DTP
In a previous post, I described desktop publishing, or DTP. Now I will talk about how to quote this service. There are three ways to quote design work: by page,
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September 23, 2010
The Translation of Comic Books
The different types of translations have different types of complexities and, on this occasion, I will make a brief review of the problems that may face a translator of comic
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September 22, 2010
Online Translation Services on Television?
And since technology does not rest … now it appears that search engines will add translation services to different devices. When a user uploads a video to the Web, in
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September 21, 2010
Common Translation Errors
There is, unfortunately, the general thought that anyone who speaks English (or any other language) is able to translate.It is essential to understand that, in general, a translator is a
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September 16, 2010
Tips for Internationalization on the Web
Below is a synthesis of issues to be considered to improve “internalization” on the Web. * Coding: for content, databases, etc., Unicode is recommended for use whenever possible. It is
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September 14, 2010
Maria Moliner
As mentioned in previous articles, the task of the editor is correcting the translation on the basis of grammatical rules, among other indicators of quality and professionalism. An important source,
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September 13, 2010
Free Software Solutions
In previous posts, we made a brief introduction to free operating systems and some of the many free alternatives to licensed software. While these free options are not new on
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September 10, 2010
Desktop Publishing or DTP
Desktop publishing, or DTP, is the process of using a computer and specific kinds of software to combine text and graphics to create documents such as newsletters, brochures, books, and
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September 9, 2010
Examples of Final Revision
The classic example of the final review is to check the text that appears below images. Since nouns in English do not denote gender, when translating to Spanish, it is
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September 8, 2010
