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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

Can Artificial Languages Be Established?

Artificial languages, that is, languages constructed by humans based on the study of “natural” languages, have been created throughout history for multiple (and, indeed, very interesting) reasons, although they have

April 30, 2014

Game of Thrones in the Real Academia

Much has been said about the Real Academia Española of late. Much has also been said about its academics, sitting in ornate chairs with their corresponding letter engraved in wood

April 25, 2014

How On-Site Translations Can Help Your Business

Businesses are always looking to expand their markets once they reach a certain level of success, and a great way to expand is to reach out to foreign markets as

April 24, 2014

García Márquez and Translation

After hearing the sad news last week about the death of the great author Gabriel García Márquez, I began to think about how difficult it must have been to translate

April 23, 2014

On Tattoos and Translation

For a few years now, it’s been fashionable to get a tattoo of some word that has a special meaning for the person in question, but in another language… and

April 21, 2014

Does U.S. Spanish Exist?

On many occasions, when translators consult with our clients about which Spanish-speaking public they want to address, we come across the answer that “we want a translation in U.S. Spanish.”

April 18, 2014

Do You Want to Learn Spanish?

Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the world based on its number of native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese. It can therefore be very useful to know, given that it

April 16, 2014

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