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Usability: How much is too much?

In our last post on usability, we briefly touched on Machine Translation’s role in the matter and the tools that can be useful to achieve a desired final product. This

September 11, 2018

Machine Translation and Usability: Blessing or Curse?

Some will say that the postmodern days of the machine translation (MT) era might have brought along a lot more options when it comes to fulfilling clients’ needs. Others would

September 7, 2018

The Economy of Language – A Guide for New Writers

What’s Going On? News headlines from the past decade show a worrying outlook for professional copy editors and writers. As this article from The Washington Post illustrates, copy editing jobs

September 4, 2018

Praise the Dog

Dog parents have always believed that their pooch understands every word that is spoken to them. It is not rare to find people talking to their dogs while on a

August 29, 2018

Faithful vs. Effective Translations

A Bridge Too Far Most of the time, when we describe a good translation, we refer to the concept of fidelity. We believe the target text should be true to

August 20, 2018

Why Do Dogs Speak German? – Bilingualism in Dog Training

You are strolling down a quiet road in your hometown when, suddenly, you hear a man shout “Bleib!” “Achtung!” and “Sitz!” He is clad in a security forces uniform, and

August 17, 2018

Your Very own Interoperability Theme Park

I’ll Make my own Device! In the spirit of these famous rebellious words, I would ask you to take a long hard look at the seamless joints on your cell

August 6, 2018

Can Humor be Translated?

There are many magazines with funny jokes, books that describe amusing situations, videos and movies where it is inevitable to let out a few laughs. Everyone loves to laugh and

July 31, 2018

What are Text Expansion and Text Contraction?

When a text is translated from one language to another, in most cases, the number of words and, therefore, the space that the text occupies in a document usually change.

July 27, 2018

Does Communication Require Speaking the Same Language?

A few weeks ago, I played a game whose protagonists were speaking in a language that I did not understand. After doing some research, I found out that the language

June 18, 2018

Another Cup, Another Song

Once again, it’s time for the Soccer World Cup and this time it’s Mother Russia’s turn to host. It’s pretty amazing how these past four years just flew by, and