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Why They Call Football Soccer, Or Why They Call Soccer Football

Here at Trusted Translations we’re not immune to the Brazil World Cup fever, and so it occurred to us to research why in the United States they call the game

June 27, 2014

How Translation is Helping Languages from Going Extinct

There are over 7,000 thousand languages in the world today and more than 3,000 of those languages are in danger of becoming extinct. Most disappear when the last known native

June 25, 2014

Who Were the First Code Talkers?

In 1918, during World War I, a group of American troops participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive on the Western Front. It was one of the largest operations of U.S. soldiers

June 25, 2014

Multi-linguals: More than just communication benefits.

Learning how to speak a language, our first language, is an accomplishment that probably all of us take for granted. But yet, learning to speak a language -even our first

June 23, 2014

Do the Arts Honor the Figure of the Translator?

Cinema, literature and television have, each in their own way, the ability to grant cultural standing to the various figures that comprise them. Before delving deeper into the figure in

June 20, 2014

Translations and DTP from Right to Left

We have to pay special attention when translating languages that are written from right to left, as what is a “no-brainer” for native speakers may not be for readers of

June 18, 2014

Know Your World Cup Competition – Ghana

As we are well underway at this point with the World Cup games, let us take this time to help shed some light on the languages of those countries competing

June 17, 2014

Translating Pornography: Dubbing or Subtitles?

Similar to what happens with comic strips, literature and cinema that is suitable for all audiences, pornography (whether illustrated, written or filmed) resorts to translation to broaden the horizons of

June 17, 2014

Trusted Translations at Google I/O 2014

As one of the main providers of Android application localization services within the Google Play Developer Console, Trusted Translations has been invited to participate in Google I/O 2014. Richard Estevez, CEO of

June 13, 2014

Errors? Blame Titivillus!

During the Middle Ages, a period during which the vast majority of the population was illiterate, the skills of reading and writing were under the responsibility of the Church, and,

June 11, 2014

Ways to Learn a New Language and To Do It Quick

If you live or visit Miami, you will soon learn that knowing how to speak Spanish is a must in this city. There are instances at the bank or the

June 10, 2014

Interpreters in a Polyglot City

It is not surprising that one of the most populated cities in the world is a melting pot of cultural variety. According to the Department of City Planning of NY,

June 9, 2014

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