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“Superstitious” Translations Anyone?
While language certainly reflects the soul of a people, superstitions often depict its history and culture. So here’s an overview of some ways in which
March 9, 2023
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The Origins of Basque Language Revealed?
Language has been an evolving part of human civilization since ancient times. Many languages have come and gone, with the Basque language standing stubbornly as
March 2, 2023
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An Official Dictionary of African American English
A fluid thing, language can be likened to an organism, and the linguistic community within which it operates, to an ecosystem. As such, it is
February 23, 2023
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For Translation Buyers
Machine Translation and Its Potential Perils (Part 2)
In Part 1, we examined the treacherous waters of relying on machine translation. But is there a way forward when it comes to using machine
February 16, 2023
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Machine Translation and Its Potential Perils (Part 1)
You might trust machines to wash your dishes or keep track of your calendar—but should you trust them to speak for you? As the education
February 9, 2023
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When Bad Translations Taint a Democratic Exercise
With about one in four voters self-identifying as Hispanic, Broward County in Florida is an unlikely place to find official English documents translated badly into
February 2, 2023
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English Language and Hegemony
From websites to social media, from advertisements to novels, English-language content holds powerful sway across the globe. As the world’s most widely spoken language, with
January 26, 2023
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Has Language Become More Emotional?
Early last year, a team of researchers from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and Indiana University published a paper purporting to have demonstrated the increasing
January 19, 2023
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Words of the Year 2022
Always a month of retrospection, December brought eagerly awaited strings of new words to the already vast vocabulary of accepted global English. Often expressing innovative
January 12, 2023
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Machines Correcting Human Translations?
Revision, one of the most crucial (but time-consuming) steps in the translation delivery process, may clog document production flows. Depending on source complexity and translation
January 5, 2023
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Are There Untranslatable Words?
Hygge. Saudade. Toska. Mamihlapinatapai. If you know what these words mean in their respective languages, do you think you’d be able to translate them into
December 29, 2022
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International Decade of Indigenous Languages
The linguistic diversity displayed throughout the planet’s many cultures and communities is something essential to humanity, and to what it means to be a truly
December 22, 2022
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