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Red Pens Make their Mark

When proofreaders take out their red pens, their main purpose is to get rid of any errors that may hinder comprehension or sidetrack the reader. One aspect of this task

November 28, 2018

SOS: URGENT TRANSLATION

There are certain situations in which, due to some unforeseen event, carelessness or any life surprise a text must be translated urgently. This usually happens when a document must be

November 23, 2018

The Limits of Machine Translation

From peripherals that can translate instantly from one language to another to able to keep a conversation in a language we do not handle, to applications for cameras which translate

November 16, 2018

The Titanic Task of Cleaning Up a Translation Memory

A few months ago we decided to clean up the translation memory of one of our longest-serving and busiest clients. Throughout so many years of work, the memory was loaded

November 9, 2018

The German Language and its Dialects

German is known to be one of the most difficult European languages to learn as a foreign language based on its extensive vocabulary, complex structures, long words, declensions, etc. In

October 29, 2018

Multicultural Human Resources

What is culture? It may be summarized as a shared system of meanings about the world that surround us. People within a cultural group share the structuring of their environment,

October 27, 2018

MT: From Babel to Metropolis

As a reflection on one of the very first cinematic explorations on the relationship between technology and mankind, the film Metropolis (considered to be one of the first science fiction

October 24, 2018

How to Translate Microsoft Visio Files

Computer Assisted Translation tools (or CAT tools) recognize text from a great diversity of file formats, thus are able to calculate the word count and analyze how many of them

October 12, 2018

Inside a World of Translations

Being new in this world of translations and interpretations, and as a Human Resources professional, I find really impressive the number of people, roles and trades that collaborate and strive

October 2, 2018

Reedeeming the Panlingua

Last week, as if by some sort of divine intervention, I had the privilege of visiting the private home of Xul Solar, one the most significant Argentine artists of our

September 25, 2018

One Language to Rule Them All

The English language has become a universal language not because it has the largest number of native speakers (Chinese and Spanish have more), but because it has the highest number

September 21, 2018

Would you Sign off my Dog?

As far as animal communication goes, there’s still a lot to learn. But one thing we can be sure of is that language, in its many variations and forms, exists

September 14, 2018

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