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Language Learning Unites with Translation

A few weeks ago, a new website was launched for public use that has received lots of media attention. The website, called Duolingo, combines language learning and crowdsourced translation. The

July 13, 2012

Following the steps of Malespín

“Yo estoy tuanis, pero el brete está pelis” Many people (including Spanish speakers) might hear this and have no idea what it means. It is thought that in some Central

July 12, 2012

More on ambiguity and logic

In a previous post we mentioned the ambiguity of or in day-to-day speech. There is another construction that also exhibits this kind of ambiguity, but while the dual meaning of

July 10, 2012

Human Translation Services [VIDEO]

Human Translations: The Path to Professional Quality httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvlBcLPqkNI&version=3&hl=es_MX&showsearch=0&rel=0&modestbranding=1 Professional Human Translation Services In the world of translations, there has been significant emphasis on the development of technology and automatic machine

July 9, 2012

The Rosetta Project

It has been said that 95% of the world’s languages will become extinct within the next 100 years and that there is also very little documentation available for them. The

July 5, 2012

How to make a client happy

There are several ways of making and keeping a client happy, of which the most important factor is obviously that the client receives a high quality translation. As an Account

July 3, 2012

Europe’s Hopes and Dreams and Its Linguistic Reality

The latest publication from Eurobarometer (the survey system that collects statistical data on public opinion in Europe) yielded a series of figures that point to the increasing importance of multilingualism

June 30, 2012

Translation in the World of Cinema

Most people do not appreciate the influence that the role of translators has when a filmmaker decides that his or her film will be dubbed into another language. If your

June 29, 2012

The Spanish Invasion

There is a lot of talk about how Spanish is increasingly overrun by Anglicisms. However, it is also interesting to note that English, at present, has also borrowed a significant

June 28, 2012

A tale of two translations

A couple of weeks ago, in the weekly Chess tactics lesson of my local club (Oh, no! Not another entry about Chess!), the game we were considering contained the following

June 26, 2012

Burger Localization

As almost every company who sells products or services in multiple countries knows, localization is a very important part of an international marketing strategy. Whether a company decides to localize

June 25, 2012

Translating Websites with Google

The benefits of automatic translation are beyond compare. So much so that just a few years ago (in 2009), Google launched a tool (complementary to Google Translate) that allows you

June 20, 2012

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