Following the steps of Malespín
“Yo estoy tuanis, pero el brete está pelis” Many people (including Spanish speakers) might hear this and have no idea what it means. It is
More on ambiguity and logic
In a previous post we mentioned the ambiguity of or in day-to-day speech. There is another construction that also exhibits this kind of ambiguity, but
Oll Korrect?
Whether you are an English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, or Japanese (the list goes on) native speaker, you have most likely used, or have heard
What Do You Know About Sign Language and the Deaf Community?
Until recently, it seems like The Miracle Worker (the story of Helen Keller), was about the first and last I came across the issue of
Translating Is No Joke . . . or Is It?
A few weeks ago, we talked about the difficulty inherent in the translation of poetry. Along with poetry, another category of communication that is difficult
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da: Translating Songs
In a recent post, Pablo questioned whether or not music should be considered a form of language.The textual component of music, that is, the song
Fully translatable humor
Not being a professional translator myself but being daily in contact with them, I can only imagine how hard it is to translate jokes based
Is Music a language?
The other night I was listening to a version of Eleanor Rigby by the talented Uruguayan musician Leo Masliah. This particular version has got so
Do You Know the Difference Between Pre-editing and Post-editing?
Some of you may have heard of a new translation field called post-editing. Post-editing, as described here is the “examination and correction of the text
Machine Translation
A delightful example illustrates well one of the earliest myths about the problems that may arise when trying to translate text using a computer. The
