Google to the Rescue of Gender Ambiguity
For those of us who began translating before the advent of Google, and primarily those who usually translate from English into Spanish, the arrival of
July 22, 2016
The Pronoun Game
In Chasing Amy, by U.S. filmmaker Kevin Smith, the lead character in the film makes an unexpected switch in her relationship preferences and decides to
August 1, 2014
More on ambiguity and logic
In a previous post we mentioned the ambiguity of or in day-to-day speech. There is another construction that also exhibits this kind of ambiguity, but
July 10, 2012
A tale of two translations
A couple of weeks ago, in the weekly Chess tactics lesson of my local club (Oh, no! Not another entry about Chess!), the game we
June 26, 2012
The ambiguity of “or”
One of the most curious ambiguities that I know of is the two different meanings of the connective “or”. It’s got an “inclusive” and an
May 23, 2012
Why human postediting is necessary in MT?
We read in a TAUS (Translation Automaton User Society) report: Future developmentsIn general, academic MT observers have tended to view postediting as the weak link
March 14, 2012
