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How to Discern Between a Translator and an Interpreter

When you translate you interpret, and when you interpret you translate, but translation and interpretation are not the same thing. As professions, translation and interpretation have shared procedures and objectives

April 7, 2015

The Advantages of Using Podcasts to Learn New Languages

“I feel like learning a new language” is something we tend to hear and even think. The problem lies less in being motivated than it does in finding the motivation.

April 1, 2015

Overcoming Challenges and Achieving the Perfect Translation

In my last post, “Common Challenges for Spanish to English Translators,” I wrote about some of the challenges faced specifically by Spanish to English translators on a daily basis. However,

March 31, 2015

Oy Vey! Differentiating Hebrew and Yiddish

For those of us who aren’t too familiar with Hebrew and Yiddish, one language may be associated easily with the other when discussing either. However, the languages are very dissimilar,

March 23, 2015

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 (SEE). While there are many

March 16, 2015

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. Some take it as a

March 9, 2015

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 also ensures that the translator

March 2, 2015

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 amputated their right breasts in

February 27, 2015

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, we tend to remember in

February 26, 2015

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 job I learned translation dealt

February 24, 2015

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 the study of a foreign

February 17, 2015

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 see where these things come

February 16, 2015

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