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Expressing Dates in Spanish

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

Trusted Translations New Site

Trusted Translations announced the launch of its new site.

August 2, 2009

English: The New Latin?

English is the one language that can be found in every corner of the world. It is taught and recognized on every continent and its prevalence is much greater than

July 31, 2009

The Peritextual Environment

There is a big difference between competence in a field and encyclopedic knowledge. “Competence in the field” is everything related to the concrete information related to the technical aspects of

July 24, 2009

The Other United States

The official name for Mexico is: the United States of Mexico, as given by its Constitution, ratified on the 4th of October, 1824. In its strictest sense, and this is

July 23, 2009

Investing in Professional Translation Can Save You Big Time!

Professional translation services are there to offer a wide variety of customers an effective way to communicate with people that speak a different language, no matter who they may be.

July 21, 2009

New Multilingual Web Search Tool

Consider my mind blown. I was pointed to 2lingual.com the other day by a friend who shares my interest in multilingual information and I am still playing around with it.

July 20, 2009

Demonstratives in English and Spanish

Demonstratives are used to point to another element that they depend on to achieve their full meaning. If they point backwards, it is known as an anaphoric reference; those that

July 17, 2009

The Newest Grammar Hounds

Grammar hounds, and I include myself in this list, are those who are so obsessed with proper presentation of a language that even the slightest mistake or oversight in a