Blog de Trusted Translations

Social Register: Say What?

When we communicate, we give away more about ourselves than we imagine: through our choice of words, through the way we pronounce them, and through the general references that we

April 28, 2009

More Symbology: Arabic

Arabic is a macrolanguage of the Semitic family, as are Aramaic, Hebrew, Acadian, and Maltese. It is the oldest of the Semitic languages, which is to say the closest to

April 28, 2009

Languages with Symbols: Chinese

Chinese is one of the languages with the most native speakers in the world (1.2 billion people). It is spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.Chinese can either

April 28, 2009

Commas in English and Spanish

In English, we generally use a comma in front of the conjunctions “and” and “or”. The structures in English allow for us to skip the comma when working with other

April 20, 2009

A Beginning…Cuneiform

Though spoken language has been in existence for tens of thousands of years, it was not until the end of the fourth millennium before the common era—according to the best

April 17, 2009

Esperanto: a Language with a Good Cause

Esperanto is the international language created by Polish doctor Ludwik Zamenhof so that all people might be able to communicate with each other on an equal footing. He published a

April 17, 2009

Easter

In most languages, the word “Easter” is derived from the word “Pesach,” the Hebrew name for the Passover holiday, a Jewish festivity that is directly related with the Catholic celebration.

April 13, 2009

Compensating and Compromising

In the field of translation, there are inevitably going to be phrases and meanings in a Source Text that will not be able to be conveyed (at least not with

April 9, 2009

When Knowing a Language Is Fun

Portuguese is a Romance language spoken by 240 million people. The international expansion of this language took place during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries with the Portuguese Empire, whose

April 3, 2009

Is 1,000,000 words possible?

The Global Language Monitor, which was born from the ashes of yourdictionary.com, focuses on trends in the use of language, primarily through automatic algorithmic readings of texts on the web.

April 3, 2009

Adjectives: Differences in English and Spanish

In English, adjectives are always spelled the same and, syntactically, are almost always placed before the noun. In Spanish, there are a few that are generally unchangeable, but the majoirty

April 3, 2009

Cogency: Am I Making Myself Understood?

The ability to formulate an argument (written or spoken) that logically sustains itself is not perceived the same way in every part of the world, a fact which makes the

April 1, 2009

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