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How to Translate InDesign Files

InDesign files require special attention in order to achieve an efficient and complete translation. This is because, unlike other file formats, the documents created with InDesign have a main file

March 31, 2017

March 14: Pi(e) Day?

In the mathematical community, March 14 is Pi Day, the number that expresses the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The one we always talked about in school:

March 24, 2017

“Cæsar non Supra Grammaticos”

This cheerful Latin phrase literally translates to, “Cesar has no power over grammarians.” And while it’s original intent may be to describe all the natural limits imposed on a ruler,

March 22, 2017

When is Proofreading Necessary?

Every translation project is different. Some translations will need to be certified, some will come along with some sort of surprise request and will have to be finalized and delivered

March 17, 2017

PDF: A Double-Edged Sword

PDF files have gained a lot of popularity in recent years since they are ideal for quickly exchanging files and easy viewing. They can be exported from almost any type

March 10, 2017

Visual Poetry

As a reader, poetry is easy to recognize. And it’s always such a wonderful experience to hear it read out loud. Poetry is also quite a challenge to translate; not

March 3, 2017

Knowledge is Power

When I was 15 years old and learning to drive, I was given access to a pick-up truck with manual transmission. But my attempts at shifting gear were so disastrous

February 27, 2017

Untranslatable Words from French

There are thousands of words and expressions that, for linguistic or cultural reasons, don’t have an exact equivalent in other languages. When translating, we must use our imagination and our

February 24, 2017

There probably isn’t a better representation of American culture than its most popular sport: football. And every year, millions of people gather to watch its culmination: the Super Bowl. This is probably the

February 20, 2017

Four Memsource Features for Quality Improvement

Memsource is a CAT tool that allows us to work with text in two columns; one for the source text and the other for the target text. It also offers

February 17, 2017

The Human Element

So, let’s pick it up directly where we left off: “The Diagram for Consciousness” The diagram (simplified to fit the purposes of our analogy) consists of a three step pyramid:

February 15, 2017

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