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Copywriting: A Minefield of Horrid Translations

It is difficult enough to write good copy in one’s own language. The first struggle is combining the commercial mindset with the creative mindset. Stereotypes teach us that commercial employees

November 14, 2016

A Language Home Run

After a 108-year drought, the Chicago Cubs made it to the World Series and won it, which is not just a major event for Cubs fans, but for baseball fans

November 8, 2016

Quality Assurance Vs. Quality Control

One of the main goals of any organization that provides a good or service to customers is to ensure the quality of the product they offer in order to increase

November 5, 2016

The Importance of Professional Translators and Interpreters

A few weeks back, I read an article about the controversy concerning an error in the translation of a speech that was given by Diyab Jihad, a Syrian refugee in

November 4, 2016

The Challenges of Learning German

The German language is notorious for being difficult to learn, and it can be said that this reputation is based on factual evidence. However, those who don’t have a deeper

October 28, 2016

It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over

It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over A few years ago, I happened to be staying at a small town in the west of France during one of the hundreds of

October 25, 2016

Memsource: 8 Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Life Easier

Memsource is a computer-assisted translation tool (also known as a CAT tool) that allows translators to work with text in two columns, side by side, in which one column displays

October 21, 2016

The Gender-Sensitive Evolution of Languages

One of the characteristics that makes the English language such an easy-to-learn and accessible language is – from a grammatical perspective – its neutrality when using masculine and feminine nouns,

October 20, 2016

Automatic Translation Blunders on Public Signs

Translations connect people and cultures around the world. Many people study languages because they would like to travel somewhere, whether near or far, and want to be able to communicate

October 19, 2016

The US of A: A Multilingual Nation

There have been recent studies showing that the Spanish language has become the most important and most spoken language in the United States aside from English. According to the findings,

October 14, 2016

What’s Best for You: Quality or Usability?

A term that is used very often in most industries is “quality.” But what does it mean in the translation industry? We may certainly start by discussing whether translation is

October 12, 2016

Save your Soul, Computer!

Picture this: A woman in her 60’s sitting at the reception desk of the dry cleaning shop, her fingers flying swiftly over a computer keyboard. She is hitting the function keys

October 8, 2016

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