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How Do We Quote DTP Services?

We often are presented with documents in the quoting process that need to go through a DTP (Desktop Publishing) stage either before or after the translation process. But, what is

March 26, 2014

How to Obtain New Clients Online

This presentation will give you the key elements to building a solid online marketing strategy

March 25, 2014

How Can We Develop Our Brain?

Recently Lund University, in Sweden, carried out research on the effects of learning a new language that proved the growth of the brain in various areas, one of them being

March 24, 2014

Atomic Errors

As translators and translator agencies, we are constantly running into erroneous or nonsensical translations. In some cases – such as the ones that we published in a post from a

March 20, 2014

Little Big Differences Between Spanish and Portuguese

Although there is a very close relationship between Spanish and Portuguese to the extent that oftentimes they display a high degree of mutual intelligibility, there are also considerable differences that

March 14, 2014

Technology to the Rescue of Endangered Languages

Just as photography was clearly preceded by painting or drawing, or as printed word had written word as its precursor, the recording of sound on the gramophone record lacked a

March 13, 2014

How Are Different File Formats Processed for Translation?

Nowadays a wide variety of file formats exist. Depending on the complexity of the translation project we are undertaking, there may be different file formats we will need to work

March 12, 2014

How to Quote a PowerPoint Presentation

Upon receiving a document for translation in a simple format (i.e. with editable text) it’s important to bear in mind that, however simple it may appear, it may entail certain

March 7, 2014

How Are Operas Translated?

Of all the tasks that can be entrusted to a translator, the one that is probably most feared is the translation of a poem. This fear or difficulty – many

March 6, 2014

Spanish Regionalisms and Idioms in Literary Translations

When reading a novel translated into Spanish, most readers hope it will have a “neutral” form of Spanish; that is, one without regional characteristics specific to any particular Spanish-speaking country.

March 5, 2014

Issues of Linguistic… Taste

In the previous entry, we dealt with the connotations that animal names have in different languages. On this occasion, we will take a look at the world of food, at

February 27, 2014

The Importance of Terminology Management in Translation

One must recognize the fact that the Internet has changed the way we search for, receive, and exchange information. Nowadays, it is very common for images and videos to be

February 26, 2014

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