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Culture

“Superstitious” Translations Anyone?

While language certainly reflects the soul of a people, superstitions often depict its history and culture. So here’s an overview of some ways in which ancient beliefs are still shaping

March 9, 2023

Languages

The Origins of Basque Language Revealed?

Language has been an evolving part of human civilization since ancient times. Many languages have come and gone, with the Basque language standing stubbornly as one of the oldest and

March 2, 2023

Languages

An Official Dictionary of African American English

A fluid thing, language can be likened to an organism, and the linguistic community within which it operates, to an ecosystem. As such, it is always worth delving into a

February 23, 2023

For Translation Buyers

Machine Translation and Its Potential Perils (Part 2)

In Part 1, we examined the treacherous waters of relying on machine translation. But is there a way forward when it comes to using machine translation effectively? After all, many

February 16, 2023

For Translation Buyers

Machine Translation and Its Potential Perils (Part 1)

You might trust machines to wash your dishes or keep track of your calendar—but should you trust them to speak for you? As the education and tech worlds are abuzz

February 9, 2023

For Translation Buyers

When Bad Translations Taint a Democratic Exercise

With about one in four voters self-identifying as Hispanic, Broward County in Florida is an unlikely place to find official English documents translated badly into Spanish—like ballot documentation. However, mistakes

February 2, 2023

Languages

English Language and Hegemony

From websites to social media, from advertisements to novels, English-language content holds powerful sway across the globe. As the world’s most widely spoken language, with over 1.5 billion speakers worldwide,

January 26, 2023

Has Language Become More Emotional?

Early last year, a team of researchers from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and Indiana University published a paper purporting to have demonstrated the increasing irrelevance of facts in public

January 19, 2023

Words of the Year 2022

Always a month of retrospection, December brought eagerly awaited strings of new words to the already vast vocabulary of accepted global English. Often expressing innovative concepts, sometimes loaded with political

January 12, 2023

For Translation Buyers

Machines Correcting Human Translations?

Revision, one of the most crucial (but time-consuming) steps in the translation delivery process, may clog document production flows. Depending on source complexity and translation quality, this stage may take

January 5, 2023

Languages

Are There Untranslatable Words?

Hygge. Saudade. Toska. Mamihlapinatapai. If you know what these words mean in their respective languages, do you think you’d be able to translate them into another one? So-called “untranslatable” words

December 29, 2022

Languages

International Decade of Indigenous Languages

The linguistic diversity displayed throughout the planet’s many cultures and communities is something essential to humanity, and to what it means to be a truly linguistic animal. There is, in

December 22, 2022

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