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I Don’t Know What to do With my Words…

The trouble with first impressions is that they tend to stick around and settle down. So it’s imperative we take special care when meeting someone for the first time, especially

February 15, 2018

MT: Every Titan has its Achilles Heel

We’ve debated many times in the past about the “natural” advantages Machine Translation might have over our fellow translators composed of mere “flesh and bone.” Their lives decaying and finite

February 3, 2018

What Exactly is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a learning disability derived from a neurological developmental disorder. Persons with dyslexia do not necessarily manifest any physical, psychological nor sociocultural disorders. They experience difficulty reading as a

January 26, 2018

One Language for all, and all for None

Wouldn’t it be amazing to have one language that everyone could speak and understand? That’s what Polish doctor Ludwig Leyzer Zamenhof thought and created when he invented Esperanto in 1887.

January 25, 2018

BTW, LMFAO Is So Yesterday

In our quest to keep up with the times, which are ever evolving, we seem to have no time to waste. Technology and social media have made us become less

January 19, 2018

You can Talk the Talk, but can you Code the Code?

In today’s world, coding is on everyone’s lips. Fear it or love it, it’s here to stay and if you don’t get on board you might just be left behind.

January 17, 2018

Are Flemish and Dutch One and the Same?

When I decided to study Dutch, I did not imagine there would be so many different variations of this language. In fact, I thought that it was only spoken in

January 12, 2018

Machine Translation: Building up the Hype

Are the tides changing for MT already? Last time we spoke about the importance of emotional investment in MT. We considered the amount of hatred and resistance this technology has

January 4, 2018

What Lies Between The Sheets

Every once in awhile, we receive a translation project that has to do with one of my favorite hobbies: music. And although anyone familiar with music may think, “Easy! All

December 13, 2017

Carved in Stone: (Un)editable Documents

Many times, as account managers, we find ourselves grappling with a recurring question when we receive a file to translate: is it editable? In my quest to find the answer,

December 12, 2017

Is language dying or evolving?

Evolution doesn’t imply improvement or progressive change towards perfection. In a straight darwinian sense, evolution means adapting to one’s environment in order to survive and endure, for the environment is

December 11, 2017

Transcription: Simple Task or Mad Challenge?

One of the services that localization agencies offer is transcription, which consists in converting an audio into written text. This can either be from a simple audio file such as

December 1, 2017

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