Happy Translator’s Day

In commemoration of St. Jerome, the man who had the Bible translated to Latin for the first time, today is Translators Day. So, to all of us who are translators,
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Machismo in Spanish Writing?

I frequently notice in translations from English into Spanish that the translator attempts to make explicit an author’s reference to both sexes with the following type of construction: Todos los/as
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Triphthongs in Spanish

A triphthong is a sequence of three vowels making up one syllable. Some examples in Spanish would be: a – pre – ciáis, co – piéis, buey. For a triphthong
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When Translations Get Tricky

It’s common in the translation field to come across projects that evince enormous intercultural differences, obliging the translator to come up with some sort of ingenious solution to the issue. 
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Unique Languages: Maltese

It is often discussed here and in many other places how English is such a unique language due to the confluence of languages from separate families that were brought together
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