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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

How to determine the quality of a translation

Frequently, we are faced with the task of determining whether or not the translation we revise is good or bad. As professionals, our opinions should be well-grounded and not a

October 17, 2008

Many critics, no defenders

“Many critics, no defenders,translators have but two regrets:when we hit, no one remembers,when we miss, no one forgets.” -Anonymous This is a well-known verse among translators, but is it really

October 15, 2008

The importance of information sources

In our daily task as translators, we face several different possibilities for the translation of a text, so, what is the best option when there are multiple possibilities? Some may

October 10, 2008

The Rise of Spanglish

The term Spanglish came into existence between 1965 and 1970 and refers to any expression in Spanish that borrows parts of English, especially as substitutions of Spanish words. The most

October 3, 2008

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