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Dictionary of Curiosities

In working as translators, we always come across words that are difficult to translate. We’ve spoken on other occasions about how certain languages use words that are curiously specific and

May 30, 2014

Team Translations

Despite the fact that many people think of a translator’s job as being a solitary task, isolated and competitive, it shouldn’t be thought of this way. To the contrary, with

May 23, 2014

Where Do We Obtain Reference Materials for Translations?

Translators must sometimes undertake very specific translations focused on a very technical subject that is of critical importance to a client. In these cases, we must take into account that this

May 21, 2014

The Importance of Localization in Advertising Campaigns

On this blog we have often insisted about the importance of hiring a professional translator when in need of a translation. And we have also spoken on more than one

May 16, 2014

The Mystery of the Untranslatable Book

In Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is a book that no one has ever been able to read. It is written in a non-existent or unknown language and features

May 14, 2014

Linking Global Business through Interpretation into English

Language plays a role in many different sectors. Whether it be business, politics, academia, etc., one important way of building relationships is by means of the organization of international conferences.

May 13, 2014

Certification: Where is the added value for legal translations?

When moving from country to country or when dealing with foreign governments over personal matters it is always very important to understand documentation needs and how best to work with

May 12, 2014

Translation and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Without any doubt, each World Cup is an event that fires up passions and moves multitudes across the world. And even though it’s a sport known in almost every country,

May 9, 2014

The Birth of a Language

Some time ago we wrote about code switching, and how this informal phenomenon manifests itself in virtually infinite ways. In that post, we mentioned Spanglish, Belgrano-Deutsch, Portuñol, and Llanito as

May 8, 2014

Marketing Translations: What you need to know

In today’s business world, customers are as unique as they are plentiful, and working to reach them with an appropriate message can be very difficult. Searching for the right message,

May 7, 2014

Is there an app for that?

In this fast paced world, as we travel and go on the most remote of places, there are millions of ways to stay connected. We can travel to Hong Kong,

May 6, 2014

Why Applications Should Be Localized

In recent years, the need to localize products has grown significantly, above all in the field of IT. Why is there such a focus on localization in this area? It’s

May 2, 2014

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