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Human vs. Machine again

Two centuries ago there was the general perception in the industrialized countries that machines were conquering the world. They were certainly creeping up into more and more activities that were

November 30, 2011

How Do You Say in Burmese…

Burmese is the language of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and belongs to the Tibetan language family and that comes from the Mon writing system. The earliest evidence of writing

November 29, 2011

How to Create a Project in SDL Trados Studio 2009

The purpose of this post is to provide a list of instructions on how to create a package with Trados 2009 and then send that package to a resource for

November 24, 2011

Do You Know the Difference Between Pre-editing and Post-editing?

Some of you may have heard of a new translation field called post-editing. Post-editing, as described here is the “examination and correction of the text resulting from an automatic or

November 23, 2011

The Importance of Context

Many times, especially with companies that have never hired a translation service, clients are not entirely clear what a translator may need to generate the expected result, beyond the text

November 22, 2011

How to Finalize a Project in Trados Studio 2009

When working with Trados Studio 2009, once all of the work on a project has been completed the last step is to “Finalize” it. This “finalizing” of the project includes

November 21, 2011

Audiovisual Translation: Cinema and Culture

Culture versus Translation The culture of a country, most notably its modes of dress, behavior, food, celebrations, events, etc., is transmitted directly and indirectly on the big screen, as well

November 17, 2011

Machine Translation

A delightful example illustrates well one of the earliest myths about the problems that may arise when trying to translate text using a computer. The biblical sentence “The spirit is

November 16, 2011

Unazungumza Kiswahili?

Swahili is a Bantu language. The Bantu languages of Africa are those that, in turn, form a subfamily of others: the Niger-Congo languages. Swahili is the official language of Tanzania,

November 10, 2011

How to Distinguish Between Different Degrees of Post-editing

You may already know that post-editing is the “examination and correction of the text resulting from an automatic or semi-automatic machine system to ensure it complies with the natural laws

November 9, 2011

Why You Should Translate into Spanish

More and more companies are deciding to translate their websites, corporate documents and company services into Spanish. Is this a chance occurrence? I don’t think so. I don’t think so

November 8, 2011

The Plain English Movement

As we discussed in a previous post on the “Language of the People“, legal language has evolved to be better understood by one group of people: average citizens. Today I

November 7, 2011

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