Bryant Hillas, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

The Symbolic Power of Words

This blog is not a forum for furthering political agendas of any kind, and that is absolutely not the intention of this particular post. What I am interested in pointing

June 11, 2009

Synesthesia Revisited: What’s the Word I’m Looking For?

In a previous post of mine I mentioned the intriguing and perplexing condition of synesthesia, noting that it only affects a very tiny portion of the total population. Nonetheless, much

June 5, 2009

When Speaking the Same Language Doesn’t Mean Being Able to Communicate

Today we’ll shift gears a bit and recommend a highly awarded film: “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” directed by Wayne Wang. It earned itself the distinction of Best Film

May 29, 2009

How to Enter the Translation Field

Becoming a translator is not the easiest thing by any means: not only do certain basic conditions need to be met (such as possessing strong mastery of two or more

May 26, 2009

The Greek Legacy

Greece is the center of international attention every time we celebrate the Olympic Games, as they are the continuation of an ancient Hellenic tradition in honor of the gods of

May 22, 2009

Official Language = Official Nonsense

As evinced by the opinions expressed in my previous post, I am not a big fan of language regulators; having given the matter further thought, I realize that I am

May 19, 2009

A Certainly Numerous Family

The Indo-European languages constitute the largest family of languages on the face of the earth: the majority of the languages of Europe and the Near East belong to it. It

May 18, 2009

How to Kill a Language

In language, few things are as interesting and intriguing as the capacity for innovation and creativity that serve as the basis of a “living language.” Without these properties, languages become

May 15, 2009

Understanding Each Other in Different Languages

Mutually intelligible languages are those which allow speakers to understand each other in both written and oral contexts, without the necessity of studying or having much knowledge of the other

May 8, 2009

Cinco de Mayo: Mexico’s Biggest Export

Today is a day worth remembering for a variety of reasons, both contemporary and historical. Today’s date, the infamous “cinco de mayo,” has become quite a notorious and popular occasion

May 5, 2009

Social Register: Say What?

When we communicate, we give away more about ourselves than we imagine: through our choice of words, through the way we pronounce them, and through the general references that we

April 28, 2009

More Symbology: Arabic

Arabic is a macrolanguage of the Semitic family, as are Aramaic, Hebrew, Acadian, and Maltese. It is the oldest of the Semitic languages, which is to say the closest to