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I Speak English, Therefore I’m American

What makes you feel truly American? A study was conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, which found that most people in the U.S. believe that in order to

June 26, 2017

Language in Sports: Communication in European Football

Football (or soccer, as it’s known to North Americans) is the world’s most popular sport. In all corners of the globe, one can find football being played. It’s only natural,

June 21, 2017

Nike Selects Trusted Translations to Interpret for Neymar, Jr.

Consecutive interpreting can be a challenging task in almost every environment. Now, take two of the biggest names in sports — Nike and Neymar Jr. — and add an army

June 10, 2017

AM/PM: The Challenge of Executing Projects

The relationship between an AM (Account Manager) and a PM (Project Manager) is similar to that of an architect and an engineer when it comes to carrying out a client’s

June 9, 2017

Capital Mistakes

One of the main doubts English to Spanish translators have is deciding how to choose from the capitalization options the Spanish language has to offer depending on the specific flavor we are working with.

June 8, 2017

The Alchemy of Communication

Communication is a beautiful illusion, a farce we are all a part of, in which we like to recognize ourselves and which we experience on a daily basis. We believe

June 2, 2017

Language in Sports: Interpreting in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball has not always been multinationally diverse. For much of its early history, the top-level North American professional baseball league was marred by racism and xenophobia; it wasn’t

May 27, 2017

The Google Effect

Some years ago, when we needed information to help us study, write a paper or translate, we had to go to the library and read books to find what we

May 26, 2017

Sorting out the Translation Industry’s Mumble Jumble

100 years after WWI, a time when most countries began instituting industrial standards, and 70 years after the creation of the ISO, standards are something we take for granted. We

May 23, 2017

App-lying a New Language

While many linguists worry about the negative impact of technology on the correct grammatical and orthographic use of language–and they may have a point since now we even replace words and

May 19, 2017

Translations: You Get What You Pay For!

We’ve heard it said more than once in our lives, “you get what you pay for,” meaning that buying cheap stuff alludes to a false economy, since what appears to

May 12, 2017

Memsource: Watch Out for Spaces!

As we have explained on other occasions, Memsource is a CAT tool that allows us to work with text in two columns: one for the source text and one for

May 5, 2017

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