Loren Maria Guay, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

The Effects of Migration on Local Language

July 6, 2023

Language is never static—it grows and changes along with its environment and, most importantly, its speakers. With the global number of international migrants estimated at about 281 million (and growing)

All About the Afrikaans Language

June 8, 2023

You may have seen monuments that celebrate famous events, global celebrities, or even animals, but have you ever seen a monument dedicated to a language? Located in South Africa, the

Yiddish Language 101

May 25, 2023

“He’s just extra meshuggeneh today,” I sigh when our cat is sprinting around the apartment, knocking tchotchkes off the shelves left and right. As someone raised in Brooklyn, such phrases

Translation Technology 101: CAT Tools, Machine Translation, and Post-Editing

April 20, 2023

What is a CAT tool? What does post-editing mean? There are many different technical terms used throughout the language and translation industry. In this blog post, we offer a crash

What You Should Know About AI Chatbots (Pt. 2)

March 30, 2023

The rise of AI chatbots is so meteoric, it’s hard to keep up. In fact, since writing Part 1 of this post, OpenAI has already released a brand-new version of

What You Should Know About AI Chatbots (Pt. 1)

March 23, 2023

Would you be able to tell if a chatbot wrote this blog post? (Don’t worry…it’s 100% percent human-written). With the world buzzing about sophisticated chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, it’s more

Machine Translation and Its Potential Perils (Part 2)

February 16, 2023

In Part 1, we examined the treacherous waters of relying on machine translation. But is there a way forward when it comes to using machine translation effectively? After all, many

Machine Translation and Its Potential Perils (Part 1)

February 9, 2023

You might trust machines to wash your dishes or keep track of your calendar—but should you trust them to speak for you? As the education and tech worlds are abuzz

English Language and Hegemony

January 26, 2023

From websites to social media, from advertisements to novels, English-language content holds powerful sway across the globe. As the world’s most widely spoken language, with over 1.5 billion speakers worldwide,

Are There Untranslatable Words?

December 29, 2022

Hygge. Saudade. Toska. Mamihlapinatapai. If you know what these words mean in their respective languages, do you think you’d be able to translate them into another one? So-called “untranslatable” words

Six Key Arabic Words to Learn for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

December 8, 2022

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, it is the first time the tournament, one of the world’s biggest sporting events, will take place in an Arabic-speaking

Can Language Isolation Create New Accents?

October 20, 2022

Accents—or the way we pronounce words—are a key part of our identity, but they’re also shaped by our interactions with others. So, what happens when we’re isolated, like during a

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