September 30, 2014
Same-Language Subtitling
In an era where new online video platforms are undergoing robust growth, a law enacted in 2012 obligated companies such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime to ensure that 100%
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September 29, 2014
Pleonasms in Legal English
Pleonasms—the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning—in oral and written forms of English legal jargon often take on a single meaning. They consist of synonyms taking
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September 24, 2014
The Legacy of the Linguist
Following on from my last post on the fundamental differences between translation and interpretation, in this entry I shall consider the life span of each, and the traces the professional linguist
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September 22, 2014
Mexico Heads towards Linguistic Independence
Intense debates have taken place to decide whether the Spanish language should be regulated by the Royal Spanish Academy, which, as you may know, is based in Spain and does
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September 17, 2014
House Taken Over: Displacing the Machines
In this post, “House Taken Over” is not in reference to the famous story by the renowned writer and translator Julio Cortázar. Rather, it refers to the feeling experienced by
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September 10, 2014
How Do Translation and Interpretation Differ?
There is a common misunderstanding about those who work in the field of translation and interpretation. Sometimes these professionals are referred to using the umbrella term ‘translators’, and are believed
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September 8, 2014
The Fear of the Alien
For many of us, contact with a culture that is different from our own can be rather intimidating – whether we like to admit it or not. This is only
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August 26, 2014
What Is a Controlled Natural Language?
Translators frequently have to confront issues that are often the result of problems existing in the source text we are translating. Some of the most common of such errors include
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August 20, 2014
Do You Need a College Degree?
A few months ago, a lovely acquaintance who wants to be an interpreter, asked me whether she needed a college degree to succeed as a (court) interpreter. We hadn’t really
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August 19, 2014
On Linguistic Landscape
In a previous post we dealt with the issue of multilingualism and the consequences it has in people’s lives. That article made reference to the oral aspect of the coexistence
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August 15, 2014
Modifiers, Interrupted
As linguists, our work often times requires translating complex texts that include sentences and structures of all lengths and types. Given that sentence structures are often different from one language
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August 14, 2014