Translating Poetry
As translators, we know that one of the hardest things to translate is poetry.Rhyme, meter, cadence, word selection, rhythm: we could spend weeks on end
Portuguese and Tetum in the same country?
What is and where can we find East Timor? East Timor, just the eastern part, is a country located in the southeast of Asia. As
Fully translatable humor
Not being a professional translator myself but being daily in contact with them, I can only imagine how hard it is to translate jokes based
Expressing Time
When faced with an original text in another language, we translators usually tend to copy the same format to express time. For example, if in
The Usefulness of Back-translation
As has been mentioned before, when we speak of back-translation, we’re referring to translating a text (that’s already been translated) back to its original language.
How your Brand Name can Win or Lose you Clients
Brand names and brand management play a crucial role in the marketing of any product or service. Yet, as the world is becoming more globalized,
Watch Out for ‘False Friends’
Let’s be clear about one thing: I am not talking about friendship or how to choose friends who will not betray you. Instead, I am
Is Music a language?
The other night I was listening to a version of Eleanor Rigby by the talented Uruguayan musician Leo Masliah. This particular version has got so
Glossaries in Machine Translation
In Machine Translation we use the term “glossary” in a different way than the traditional meaning of “an alphabetically ordered list of words with an
Indigenous Translators: Between Language and Politics
America (here including North and South America) is the second largest continent in the world after Asia. It includes no less than 35 sovereign nation-states,
