Giulia C, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

Translations: You Get What You Pay For!

We’ve heard it said more than once in our lives, “you get what you pay for,” meaning that buying cheap stuff alludes to a false economy, since what appears to

May 12, 2017

Memsource: Watch Out for Spaces!

As we have explained on other occasions, Memsource is a CAT tool that allows us to work with text in two columns: one for the source text and one for

May 5, 2017

How to Save Money on Legal Translations

There are three key factors in the production of almost any service: cost, speed and quality. Often, only two of these elements can be prioritized. When it comes to legal

April 28, 2017

The Difficulties of Translating Comics

Drawings, cartoons, speech bubbles, onomatopoeias, visual metaphors…comic strips, comic books, manga, B.D. or bande desinée…Surely, you’ve read one. This type of artistic expression, with its characteristic format and elements, has

April 21, 2017

How to Translate AutoCAD

Files created in AutoCAD are mostly plans and diagrams for various applications such as architecture, engineering, mechanics and other projects that require technical and precise specifications in order to design

April 14, 2017

“Gross” Words: Lost in Translation?

Consider the following words: phlegm, slacks, yolk, smear. If you think these are completely unconnected terms, you’re right. They only have one thing in common: English speakers are grossed out

April 7, 2017

How to Translate InDesign Files

InDesign files require special attention in order to achieve an efficient and complete translation. This is because, unlike other file formats, the documents created with InDesign have a main file

March 31, 2017

March 14: Pi(e) Day?

In the mathematical community, March 14 is Pi Day, the number that expresses the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The one we always talked about in school:

March 24, 2017

When is Proofreading Necessary?

Every translation project is different. Some translations will need to be certified, some will come along with some sort of surprise request and will have to be finalized and delivered

March 17, 2017

PDF: A Double-Edged Sword

PDF files have gained a lot of popularity in recent years since they are ideal for quickly exchanging files and easy viewing. They can be exported from almost any type

March 10, 2017

Visual Poetry

As a reader, poetry is easy to recognize. And it’s always such a wonderful experience to hear it read out loud. Poetry is also quite a challenge to translate; not

March 3, 2017

Untranslatable Words from French

There are thousands of words and expressions that, for linguistic or cultural reasons, don’t have an exact equivalent in other languages. When translating, we must use our imagination and our

February 24, 2017

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