Culture
Foods and the Places They’re Named After
Baked Alaska, Chicken Kiev, Buffalo wings . . . there are so many foods you’re probably used to calling by the names of places around
September 14, 2023
For Translation Buyers
What Is a CAT Tool and How Can It Help Your Organization?
Are you fond of CATTs? No, we’re not talking about the household pets with whiskers and litterboxes—for translators, CATT stands for Computer-Assisted Translation Tools. In
September 7, 2023
For Translation Buyers
Does Machine Translation Hallucinate Electric Sheep?
Robots may not dream, but they do hallucinate. With artificial intelligence at the center of the media spotlight lately, the tendency of algorithm-based technology to
August 31, 2023
For Translation Buyers
Transliteration vs. Translation
You say potato, I say ποτατο. Here we have just one example of transliteration. Well, what is transliteration? How is transliteration different from translation? In
August 24, 2023
Languages
What Are Dead Languages?
“Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,” runs an old schoolroom verse, “it killed the ancient Romans and now it’s killing me!”
August 17, 2023
For Translation Buyers
The Perils of AI Translation in Asylum-Seeking Contexts
Refugees find themselves in a singularly precarious, frustrating, frightening situation. They’ve been displaced from their home and are forced to try to gain admission into
August 10, 2023
Languages
Ancient Tablets and AI Translation
Translating between two languages is a matter of carefully constructing sentences which best convey the meaning of the original text. As such, it isn’t about
August 3, 2023
For Translation Buyers
Evergreen vs Trending Content: Multilingual
Are you content with your content strategy? Today, the content you offer consumers is just as important as the products or services you want them
July 27, 2023
For Translation Buyers
Dialects, Ethnolects, and Sociolects
Why do we speak the way that we do? Examples of our particular language varieties are scattered everywhere throughout our everyday lives—whether we say you
July 20, 2023
Languages
Miamian English: What’s That About?
Language variation is an active process. As you travel from one corner of the U.S. to the other, you will see that different communities speak
July 13, 2023
Languages
The Effects of Migration on Local Language
Language is never static—it grows and changes along with its environment and, most importantly, its speakers. With the global number of international migrants estimated at
July 6, 2023
For Translation Buyers
Is Bengali about to Boom?
From its earliest days as a trading lingua franca to the present day, Bengali has played a leading role in the cultural and economic development
June 29, 2023
