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New Words in English 2008

The Oxford English Dictionary, whose corpus of texts now contains over 2 billion words, recently released its list of new words for inclusion in the Eleventh edition in the Revised

November 25, 2008

Trusted Translations’ Green Policy

Waste Reduction Trusted Translations’ goal is to use Internet technology to decrease its printing costs and improve its overall environmental performance in several ways. Limited use of mail courier services

November 21, 2008

Teamwork

We frequently hear the word “teamwork”, especially in our work environments where so many people are working for the same company, all for a common end result. Teamwork exceeds individual

November 21, 2008

What is MultiTerm?

If you are a translator working with the Trados CAT tool, you may have seen a component called MultiTerm in your product package. So, just what is this tool and

November 18, 2008

Respecting minorities in multilingual environments

The history of the European continent has defined countries that we recognize as having regional languages as well as official languages. Because of that, several countries are multilingual and it

November 14, 2008

Machine Translations now available on YouTube

Most translators have heard of the new online machine translation option called “Google Translate”. While many would argue that machine translations have several issues regarding accuracy and the inability to

November 11, 2008

Do not translate!

The best example of what shouldn’t be translated is in the case of names. We cannot translate the names of legal persons or physical persons. Aside from this classic example

November 7, 2008

The Most Widely Spoken Languages

If you are a company looking to expand your market internationally, you have most likely already considered using translation services to translate your business material, but have you really thought

November 4, 2008

Adhesion contracts

In another post, we mentioned this type of contract which is commonly used in today’s market filled with the hustle and bustle of the business world. Adhesion contracts are pre-printed

October 31, 2008

Mark Twain’s back translation

A few weeks ago, I made a post about back translations, but this time I wanted to share a famous example of a back translation gone wrong. In 1865, Mark

October 27, 2008

How to translate the word “agreement” in Spanish in a legal context.

First, let’s find out what an agreement actually is. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the following definitions are provided: 1.a. the act or fact of agreeing; 1.b. harmony of opinion, action

October 24, 2008

The Financial Crisis and Translation

The news these days is full of market reports, minute-by-minute updates on the stock market and countless stories of small businesses being driven into bankruptcy. There is a general sense

October 20, 2008

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