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Prima-Lingua: The power within words

Following up on our latest article, I would like to ponder further on the idea of thinking about linguists as if they were poets, storytellers or even artificers of some

July 6, 2017

Science Fiction Tastes Better in Spanish

Science Fiction and Fantasy are literary and film genres renowned for the fanaticism of their followers. Take for instance the opening of a new Star Wars movie, or the release

December 26, 2016

7 Old English Terms for Understanding Shakespeare

Last week was the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the world’s most famous playwrights: William Shakespeare. Why are his plays and poems still read, analyzed and performed

May 9, 2016

What do Grass and Galeano have in common?

Last Monday the literary world mourned the death of two famous writers. In the southern hemisphere, at the age of 74, Uruguayan Eduardo Galeano passed away after a long battle

April 27, 2015

Do the Arts Honor the Figure of the Translator?

Cinema, literature and television have, each in their own way, the ability to grant cultural standing to the various figures that comprise them. Before delving deeper into the figure in

June 20, 2014

Translating Pornography: Dubbing or Subtitles?

Similar to what happens with comic strips, literature and cinema that is suitable for all audiences, pornography (whether illustrated, written or filmed) resorts to translation to broaden the horizons of

June 17, 2014

García Márquez and Translation

After hearing the sad news last week about the death of the great author Gabriel García Márquez, I began to think about how difficult it must have been to translate

April 23, 2014

What Is Code-switching?

In linguistics, code-switching refers to the simultaneous and syntactically and phonologically appropriate use of more than one language. It is fairly common to hear multilingual people use elements of the

January 21, 2014

Famously Constructed Languages in Pop Culture

Imagine a world… That’s it. Just imagine a world. In this world, you can construct things however you want them to be. There will be people and culture. How do

October 21, 2013

Great Quotes on Translation

In this blog we always write directly from the trenches of translation. We have spoken about technical issues, linguistic issues, strange languages, outlandish requests, formats, delivery times – alas, of

October 17, 2013

The Spanish Language: Vulgarisms and Vices

As language professionals—translators, writers, editors, literature students, etc.—we tend to feel outraged whenever we hear or see grammatical, spelling or semantic errors, which unfortunately are becoming more common and generally

March 27, 2013

Another Translator to the Real Academia

On Friday, November 23, the Real Academia de la Lengua Española (Royal Spanish Academy) announced its newest academic member, the literary translator Miguel Sáenz, author of world-renowned Spanish versions of

November 28, 2012

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