Can Language Affect the Way We Feel?
Can language affect the way we experience emotions? More than ever, researchers are finding that language not only affects the way we communicate, but also
August 20, 2012
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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
July 5, 2012
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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,
June 28, 2012
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Grammars: where Linguistics meets Computer Science
Noam Chomsky is a celebrity in many fields. Some translators get surprised when I mention that he is also well known in Computer Science. He
April 25, 2012
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Can Language Affect the Way We Think?
Ever since I started to learn a second language, I’ve noticed that when I speak in this language, I feel as if I am taking
April 18, 2012
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Automatic Translation of Technical Files
Automatic translation, also for these purposes referred to as machine translation, is a component of Computational Linguistics and represents the intersection of Translation and Information
January 2, 2012
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How to tell if it’s a good translation
Not knowing a language and having the need to use it always gives me a feeling close to vertigo. The fantasy of traveling to exotic
December 24, 2010
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Fillers
Fillers, at times referred to as “crutch words” are words or phrases that are repeated frequently when speaking out of habit. We even use them
August 2, 2010
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Translation Studies
Texts have been translated between languages empirically, by hand. This doesn’t mean that people have not spent time reflecting and theorizing on the art of
January 5, 2010
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Book Club Meeting #2
Just in time for Christmas, I have found “On the Death and Life of Languages” by Claude Hagege is now available at my favorite bookstore
December 19, 2009
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The Newest Grammar Hounds
Grammar hounds, and I include myself in this list, are those who are so obsessed with proper presentation of a language that even the slightest
July 17, 2009
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Adjectives: Differences in English and Spanish
In English, adjectives are always spelled the same and, syntactically, are almost always placed before the noun. In Spanish, there are a few that are
April 3, 2009
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