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Spanish Language and Its Countless Variations

Today, the Spanish speaking population reaches over 500 million people around the world. Additionally, Latin America has become in a rapidly growing market with much development and growth potential. Without

November 9, 2013

Impressing Clients with Menus

Menus are without a doubt the first tool to impress clients in restaurants, bars, cafes, etc. When considering opening a business as such, it is extremely important to invest time

November 8, 2013

The Translation of Humor in Asterix

Asterix was one of my first devotions as a reader. I started reading the comic so young that, even before understanding that the story takes place somewhere in Europe two

November 7, 2013

What Are the Differences Between Spanish and Catalan?

Both of them are Romance languages, but Catalan—contrary to popular belief—is not a dialect of Spanish, but rather an entirely different language. In fact, looks nothing like the Spanish that

November 6, 2013

What Happened to the Letter Q in Turkish?

When Turkey first became a democratically recognized sovereign country in the 1920s, it made some major changes that greatly affected the life and the culture of its citizens. In

November 4, 2013

Foreign Film or Film in Foreign Language

This past week the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, announced the complete shortlist of nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film 2014. Sure enough, because this is the

November 2, 2013

Six Degrees of Separation

According to the theory of the six degrees of separation, proposed in 1930 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy, any person is connected to another person on the planet by

November 1, 2013

A Sonorous Atlas of the Spanish Language

To celebrate the Sixth International Conference on the Spanish Language, which took place last week in Panama, the Spanish newspaper El País had writers from the twenty Spanish-speaking countries (as

October 30, 2013

The Benefits of Bilingualism: Part Three

In the final installment of this blog series, we will observe some of the different ways in which bilingualism can benefit a person on a social level. Previously, we spoke of

October 28, 2013

Why Is Editing Important?

It is no secret that in the translation business, quality is key to achieving business expansion and getting the word around regarding your services. A translation that does not go

October 25, 2013

The Decline of the Mother Language?

In this new entry I’d like to explore a possible change of course regarding a linguistic phenomenon as studied as it is supported. Linguistics has established, in its various branches

October 24, 2013

What Do Gestures and Body Language Tell Us?

Both body language in general as well as its core element, gestures, represent a form of communication that is just as important as verbal language. For this reason, they must

October 23, 2013

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