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When Speaking the Same Language Doesn’t Mean Being Able to Communicate

Today we’ll shift gears a bit and recommend a highly awarded film: “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” directed by Wayne Wang. It earned itself the distinction of Best Film

May 29, 2009

Unit of Translation

Units of translation depend on the text itself, i.e. to what point can I understand the meaning. Both the word and the sentence, the period and the paragraph must be

May 29, 2009

How to Enter the Translation Field

Becoming a translator is not the easiest thing by any means: not only do certain basic conditions need to be met (such as possessing strong mastery of two or more

May 26, 2009

A New Way to Give: Translations Support St. Jude

Trusted Translations has become actively involved in the fight against childhood cancer by supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Richard Estevez, Trusted Translations’ CEO, is the Executive Chair of St.

May 22, 2009

Translator Training Programs

One of the great difficulties I have encountered in my professional career as a translator was moving from someone who can understand a few languages very well to an actual

May 22, 2009

The Greek Legacy

Greece is the center of international attention every time we celebrate the Olympic Games, as they are the continuation of an ancient Hellenic tradition in honor of the gods of

May 22, 2009

Reading the Text Before Translating

The translator starts the first stage of the translation process, the understanding stage. The purpose is to extract all content and expressive value to then reformulate them in the target

May 21, 2009

Official Language = Official Nonsense

As evinced by the opinions expressed in my previous post, I am not a big fan of language regulators; having given the matter further thought, I realize that I am

May 19, 2009

A Certainly Numerous Family

The Indo-European languages constitute the largest family of languages on the face of the earth: the majority of the languages of Europe and the Near East belong to it. It

May 18, 2009

My Tips on the Best Ways to Learn a Foreign Language

Most of the posts on this blog have been directed to people who already have a familiarity with or even work with languages other than English on a regular basis.

May 15, 2009

How to Kill a Language

In language, few things are as interesting and intriguing as the capacity for innovation and creativity that serve as the basis of a “living language.” Without these properties, languages become

May 15, 2009

Parataxis, Ellipsis, and Litotes in English and Spanish

In English, I feel that I encounter parataxis more often than in the Romance languages (though I have no good evidence to back this up). Parataxis is putting together sentences

May 15, 2009

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