Sign Language
The three major forms of sign language used in the United States are American Sign Language (ASL), Pidgin Signed English (PSE), and Signed Exact English
March 16, 2015
No Comments
Blog Topics
Categories
Search
Blog in Other Languages
Social
Trusted Translations' Blog
Birdman, Or the Unexpected Virtue of Bilingualism
Writing a work in a non-native language is a daring task, perhaps even a bit pretentious. We all know about the limitations that this entails.
March 9, 2015
No Comments
Common Challenges for Spanish to English Translators
Translators have quite an interesting job that is full of challenges. No two tasks are ever alike, which makes for an especially dynamic job, but
March 2, 2015
No Comments
Are there Amazons in the Amazon?
Is there a relationship between the Amazons and the Amazon River? They have the same name, although, our knowledge of the ferocious warrior women that
February 27, 2015
No Comments
And the Happiest Language in the World Is…
According to the Pollyanna principle, formulated in the ‘70s by two social psychologists, people tend to use positive words more frequently than negative ones. Furthermore,
February 26, 2015
No Comments
Consecutive vs. Simultaneous
When I started working in the industry I had no idea there was a difference between translations and interpretations. On my first day on the
February 24, 2015
No Comments
North Korea and Language
The Guardian recently published an interesting piece that to a certain degree removes the mantle of impermeability that covers North Korea. In other communist nations
February 17, 2015
No Comments
Where do our alphabets come from?
In today’s day and age we take a lot for granted, making use of what we have without actually digging a little bit deeper to
February 16, 2015
No Comments
Why Children Aren’t Better Language Learners than Adults
Everybody’s favorite stereotypical excuse to not learning a foreign language is that adults can’t learn languages as well as children. The common misconception is that
February 9, 2015
No Comments
A Different Way of Communicating
In today’s day and age, where social media and smart phones are about as commonplace as ever before, it’s hard to imagine a way of
February 3, 2015
No Comments