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Use of Prepositions to Write Dates in Spanish

When writing dates in Spanish, you will use the prepositions “a“, “en” and “de“. The preposition “a” is put before the day, both when talking about the day of the

August 28, 2009

A Matter of Preference

As professional translators, we have to offer localized services depending on the public we’re dealing with. That’s why as native speakers of a given country or another, we need to

August 27, 2009

The Strange History of the Ampersand

The logogram on the left is ubiquitous and easily recognizable throughout the world; it’s “the and sign”. To professionals and lovers of linguistic trivia, it’s the “ampersand”. What is less

August 26, 2009

Mind What Ye Bloggeth…

There have been some volatile eruptions affecting the blogosphere of late, hence meriting a new post on the issue of blogging in our modern day and age. Last time round,

August 25, 2009

Language Statistics

• Quantity of living languages: 6912 • Quantity of language on the verge of extinction: 516 • Language with the largest quantity of native speakers: Mandarin Chinese • Language spoken

August 21, 2009

More on Dates in Spanish

Dates in Spanish can be spelled out in their entirety, written in a combination of letters and numbers, or only with numbers: a) It is not common for dates to

August 20, 2009

Diplomatic Translation Gaffe

Recently, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was kind enough to give us the latest example of how poor quality translations can leave an organization looking foolish. In this case, the

August 19, 2009

Language, History, and Politics

When is a language really a language, and not just a set of dialects? That is a difficult question to answer, and the Spanish language is a perfect case in

August 18, 2009

As established in the Real Academia Española, Spanish-speaking countries use, generally, the ascending order when they write out dates, i.e. day, month, year, with no commas separating any information: 31

August 14, 2009

Another Language Gap Bridged

For centuries humans have stared at their canine companions and worked at deciphering exactly what their barks and grunts could possibly mean. Often it is nothing more than “I am

August 12, 2009

Uses of the Word Senior in Spanish

I was thumbing through the dictionary of the Spanish Academy (RAE) the other day and I thought it would be useful to share the official accepted uses of the word

August 7, 2009

Ending Sentences with Prepositions in English

To review: English does not have an official governing body that dictates what is right or wrong. Instead, it is based on a set of standards and accepted truths as

August 5, 2009

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