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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

September 25, 2009

Happy National Punctuation Day!

Let us take this time to celebrate National Punctuation Day, wherein everyone must take a little extra time to focus on proper grammar usage and not fill the world with

September 24, 2009

Overcoming the Global Economic Crisis with Professional Translation

The present global economic scenario is looking pretty dire, and companies all over the planet are looking for clever new ways to maintain their customer base and expand it in

September 23, 2009

The Role of Interpreters in Afghanistan

I recently posted on how the US government is addressing a shortage of translators and interpreters in its efforts in the Middle East, most notably Pakistan and Afghanistan. Today, Joshua

September 22, 2009

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

September 21, 2009

How to Use SDL Multiterm in Trados Workbench

This video offers a brief, succinct lesson on how to use MultiTerm as a plug-in in Trados Workbench, to create glossaries during a translation project.

September 18, 2009

How to Use Two-Word Nouns in Spanish

In Spanish, in constructions made up of two nouns that form one lexical unit in which the second noun modifies the first as if it were an adjective, usually only

September 18, 2009

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.

September 14, 2009

Video Tutorial on Importing Excel Glossaries into Multiterm

I would just like to share this instructional video on generating Mutliterm termbase files from an Excel glossary, which is the most important step in the process, in my opinion:

September 14, 2009

Pronouncing “c” and “z” in Spanish

“Seseo” consists of pronouncing the letters “c” (before “e” and “i”) and “z” with the sound normally associated with the letter “s”. If someone speaks with seseo, they would say

September 11, 2009

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

September 7, 2009

Writing Years in Spanish

Continuing on the topic of writing dates in Spanish correctly, regarding the use of the article “el” (which includes the contraction “del“) before the expression of years, these are the

September 4, 2009

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