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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 26, 2009

Research

We often get a translation on a topic that we don’t know in detail. What should we do? We have a few possibilities: If we find the terminology and content

January 23, 2009

Project Management for Translations (First Part)

The coordinator of translation projects or Project Manager (PM) promotes a work environment in which reigns the uniformity of criteria. In this sense, the coordinator of the project is the

January 23, 2009

The Economist cracks down on Americanisms

The Economist is the well-known and acclaimed magazine newspaper(!) about…well, economics…that is published in the UK. One of its proudest principles is how it likes to take stands on issues

January 22, 2009

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