Price, Quality, and Time
I do not know of any company that looks to hire services and does not look for the provider to live up to these three factors; however, the important question
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March 8, 2010
Prices Per Source Word Count
We are all well aware of how strongly budgets affect the decisions of all companies, even the largest, and for all suppliers, including suppliers of translations. This is why the
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February 25, 2010
Translation or Transcreation in Art
Art today is one more example of the global panorama that defines our period. The undeniable internationalization of the majority of works of art led me to do some research
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February 17, 2010
Calculating the Cost of Translations
Calculating how much it will cost to translate the files in a project is a complicated task. Translation cost cannot be a quick estimated calculation. Quite the contrary, it requires
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February 9, 2010
Literary Translation
Literary translators, in addition to dealing with the difficulties inherent to translations of all fields, must consider the aesthetic aspects of the text, its beauty and style, as well as
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February 3, 2010
How Translators and Interpreters Can Help Haiti
The horrific and devastating tragedy that befell Haiti calls for all of us to contribute in any way and as much as possible to help the country move forward. As
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January 27, 2010
Client Glossaries
As we have brought up in other posts, large translation projects need more care and attention in order to maintain consistency in the translation throughout the document(s). This coherence in
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January 15, 2010
World Affairs Article: Let Languages Die
Esteemed linguist John McWhorter has published an article on the coming century in language evolution. Working on the idea that 90% of the world’s 6,000 languages will not survive to
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January 8, 2010
Translation Studies
Texts have been translated between languages empirically, by hand. This doesn’t mean that people have not spent time reflecting and theorizing on the art of translation or that the great
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January 5, 2010
One Japanese New Year’s Celebration
While taking my time to look around and appreciate all that other cultures have to offer in terms of variety and uniqueness, I stumbled across this fantastic post describing the
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December 31, 2009
Christmas in Russia – Ded Moroz
We are all aware that celebrations vary from country to country, but one that sticks out for its unique nature is the Russian figure of Ded Moroz (literally “Grandfather Frost”).
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December 23, 2009
Book Club Meeting #2
Just in time for Christmas, I have found “On the Death and Life of Languages” by Claude Hagege is now available at my favorite bookstore and I must say that
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December 19, 2009