What is a calque?
It is a class of loan in which phrase is borrowed from another language, but each of the elements of the phrase are translated. This type of loan is known
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March 6, 2009
Learning Languages Is Respecting Others
Economic globalization implies a tendency towards homogeneity and uniformity. In this sense, globalization goes hand in hand with the English language. Once, the French language had its golden era with
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March 3, 2009
Obama and the Grammar Police
While President Obama has long been lauded for his eloquent speech (see my post “Obama and Power of Words”), as well as his intellect and professionalism, he has also been
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February 27, 2009
What is a Linguistic Loan?
This type of word is one that is taken from one language and used in another without translation, demonstrating a lexical vacuum in the latter. What is the difference between
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February 26, 2009
Split Infinitives and the Monster of Prescriptive Grammar
Yes, the Monster of Prescriptive Grammar has reared its ugly head, and boy did it choose the occasion to do so – the inauguration of the first African-American president of
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February 13, 2009
How to Translate in 2009 (First Part)
When we were studying in the university, the professors constantly reminded us that one must have dictionaries on his/her desk in order to translate since the research work required of
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February 6, 2009
The importance of expert translators
After my post from last week discussing translation experts and the role they play, I was reminded by a friend about the Madeleine McCann case. For those who are not
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February 6, 2009
English-only hurts immigrants and translators
Last month, voters in the City of Nashville, Tennessee went to the voting booths to decide whether to make English the city’s official language. And, thank goodness, they voted against
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February 5, 2009
References for legal writing
Recently I had to work on a long translation of a legal document, which is not the field I work with most often. I found myself once again working very
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February 4, 2009
Project Management for Translations (Second Part)
Another important question in this area is not to presume anything, especially that all members of the group have the same information. The coordinator must establish a work plan with
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January 30, 2009
Translation experts
As we all know, the doors that the world of translation open for us are countless and one of them is the possibility of working as an expert translator. What
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January 29, 2009
President Obama, the Power of Words, and Official Chinese Translation
Following up on my post from last week on President Obama and the power of words, it’s interesting to note how the words in President Obama’s inauguration speech were evidently
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January 26, 2009