Why QAing is a Good Thing
As mentioned in a previous post, a QA (Quality Assessment) step can be vital whenever we try to meet the high demands of our clients. We always do our best
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March 13, 2018
How To Lose A Client In 3 Steps
Everyday, our industry becomes more and more competitive. Whether it be linguists competing for smaller projects, or agencies with large teams competing for larger ones, clients tend to look for
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February 26, 2018
BTW, LMFAO Is So Yesterday
In our quest to keep up with the times, which are ever evolving, we seem to have no time to waste. Technology and social media have made us become less
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January 19, 2018
What Lies Between The Sheets
Every once in awhile, we receive a translation project that has to do with one of my favorite hobbies: music. And although anyone familiar with music may think, “Easy! All
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December 13, 2017
Who Let The Dogs Out?
If you are like me, you’ve probably found yourself watching news and videos online featuring man’s fluffy-best friends. There’s no better way to lift your spirit than watching puppy videos
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November 28, 2017
You Wouldn’t Get It: German Jokes are No Laughing Matter
In 2011, Badoo published the results of an international poll where as many as 30,000 people were asked to name the funniest country. While Americans came in on top, Germans
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November 1, 2017
Get Them Pumpkins Rolling
As Halloween approaches children and adults alike start their preparations for this much awaited date. Halloween is no longer regarded as a holiday marketed from the U.S. to the rest
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October 30, 2017
The Arabic influence on the Spanish language
Have you ever been to Seville? This southern Spanish city, famous for flamenco and tapas, is a favorite destination for tourists. It’s part of the Spanish province of Andalusia, which
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October 11, 2017
Sense and Untranslatability
Translators need to have different tools at their disposal whenever they encounter difficult-to-impossible terms to translate into the target language. We often face a few challenges during the translation process,
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October 9, 2017
Face Your Demonyms
We all have our own demons to deal with. And, when talking about the demons behind our language, one that creeps out the ground more often than not is how
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September 18, 2017
Do You Have Hairs in Your Tongue?
Idioms, sayings, proverbs and expressions are part of every culture. They reflect, in great part, our ancestry, culture and philosophy as members of a specific nation or geographical community. As
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August 28, 2017
Is Your Language All-Inclusive?
Is it fair to say that a language is non-inclusive or sexist? Most languages (mainly those derived from Latin and Greek) have a somewhat special quirk: grammatical gender. For example,
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July 17, 2017