Bryant Hillas, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

Birdman, Or the Unexpected Virtue of Bilingualism

Writing a work in a non-native language is a daring task, perhaps even a bit pretentious. We all know about the limitations that this entails. Some take it as a

March 9, 2015

And the Happiest Language in the World Is…

According to the Pollyanna principle, formulated in the ‘70s by two social psychologists, people tend to use positive words more frequently than negative ones. Furthermore, we tend to remember in

February 26, 2015

North Korea and Language

The Guardian recently published an interesting piece that to a certain degree removes the mantle of impermeability that covers North Korea. In other communist nations the study of a foreign

February 17, 2015

The Advantages of Speaking Several Langauges

During our modern times, almost all professionals are encouraged (or required) to master more than one language fluently. In primary and secondary school as well as university, students have to

February 2, 2015

And the 2014 Spanish Word of the Year Is… “selfi”!

For the second year straight, the Fundación del Español Urgente (“Foundation of Urgent Spanish” – Fundéu BBVA) chose its Word of the Year, which, as indicated by the Foundation, represents the

January 26, 2015

The Peculiar New Words Added by Oxford Dictionaries

The editors at OxfordDictionaries.com don’t want to get left behind with all the advances in the English language and so they decided to add a thousand new words to their

December 19, 2014

Translating Microbes: the Future of Automatic Translation?

In the sci-fi series Farscape, beings from different planets could communicate amongst one another by consuming “translating microbes” which allowed them to understand other languages. Might we one day see

December 12, 2014

Translating into Moldovan or Romanian?

Romanian is an Indo-European language that belongs to the eastern group of the Romance languages, being the least-known of the Latin languages, coming in at fifth place in terms of

December 1, 2014

What’s the Equivalent of John Doe or Juan Pérez in Other Countries?

In the Spanish-speaking world they’re known as Juan Pérez, “fulano de tal,” N.N., among other things. The truth is that, despite being among the most common first and last names

November 21, 2014

10 Key Points to Learn a New Language

Without naming names, how many people do we know that “started a language”? For those who succumbed and gave up halfway through, The Guardian’s website posted an interesting article a

November 14, 2014

The Changing Fame of Colors

While it’s widely known that different languages divide the chromatic spectrum in different ways and that colors evoke different ideas for different cultures, I’d like to focus on a few

November 7, 2014

The New Languages of the 21st Century

Can you imagine having a conversation in Elvish with the supermarket cashier in the not-so-distant future? Or going to buy cigarettes from the convenience store clerk in Klingon? For years

October 25, 2014

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