Scott J, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

Sinhalese, Singhalese or Sinhala?

Sinhala is the officially recognized language in Sri Lanka, along with Tamil. Also known as Sinhalese and previously as Singhalese, it is the language of the Sinhalese people, the largest

March 30, 2012

Do We Capitalize “Web”?

The answer to this question, as with several in the world, is “yes and no”. While in English, the word “Web” should be written with a capital “W” in all

March 26, 2012

Some Helpful Tips to Translate PDF Files

The process of translating MS Office documents or web pages with Trados or other CAT Tools is excellent, but many of the documents we receive to translate are in PDF

March 20, 2012

What Is the Dzongkha Language?

Dzongkha, or Ngalopkha as it is occasionally known, is the official language of Bhutan. Bhutan is a small landlocked country on the continent of Asia. A mountainous country due to

March 19, 2012

Indigenous Translators: Between Language and Politics

America (here including North and South America) is the second largest continent in the world after Asia. It includes no less than 35 sovereign nation-states, 1 Commonwealth and at least

March 16, 2012

Customized Glossaries for Specialized Translation

When a translator begins to work as a true career, he or she believes that the job consists of simply receiving texts to be translated without any further data on

March 12, 2012

Translation: Specialty of Cultural Interpretation

“The Spanish language has to undergo massive changes in preparation for the future without borders,” warned Gabriel García Márquez in the Congress of Zacatecas 1997. This declaration from the Colombian

March 6, 2012

What Is TEP and Why Is It So Important?

Although clients are not familiar with this acronym, TEP is a cornerstone of most translation agencies’ normal work flow. It simply refers to the three most common steps of a

March 5, 2012

Telugu: Another Language of India

We have already written brief posts on some of the many languages of India, and today I will add another: Telugu This is another language belonging to the group South

March 1, 2012

Solving Problems Related to Cleaning Files in Trados Studio 2009

Today, a large number of translators are working with the new version of Trados: Trados Studio 2009. And one of our most common problems is that we are often unable

February 28, 2012

Macedonian, Bulgarian, or Serbian…

Macedonian is not the same language as Bulgarian or Serbian… Macedonian is a language belonging to the group of South Slavic languages, which includes Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian. One

February 21, 2012

Linguistic Pre-edition

Pre-edition, as we have seen in other posts, may include several procedures: a text can be pre-edited both from the point of view of the format as well as the

February 20, 2012

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