The Electric-Kool Aid Language Test
Is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? Or is Luke in the ground covered in dirt? You’re probably saying to yourself, “that got pretty #dark
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November 24, 2017
Translation Inconsistencies & How to Avoid Them
When a translation project is very extensive, the most common thing to do is to divide the translation among different linguists in order to speed
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November 17, 2017
The Buds to end all wars? Google takes translation back to the SciFi books
In the Sci Fi Book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, earthling Arthur Dent is teleported to an alien spaceship unable to understand what his
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November 13, 2017
The Creative Who Lives Inside Me
Creative writers are essentially the people who write advertising material. They write promotions, texts, brochures, websites, just to name a few. One of the many
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November 10, 2017
You Wouldn’t Get It: German Jokes are No Laughing Matter
In 2011, Badoo published the results of an international poll where as many as 30,000 people were asked to name the funniest country. While Americans
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November 1, 2017
Sense and Untranslatability
Translators need to have different tools at their disposal whenever they encounter difficult-to-impossible terms to translate into the target language. We often face a few
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October 9, 2017
How Have Translation Quality Standards Changed?
Anywhere you go, you will see, perhaps without even realizing it, translations of varying qualities. In public spaces, airports and tourist sites, you will see
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September 22, 2017
Internationalize This!
In an increasingly globalized world, content is generated for multiple areas and platforms, from applications (or “apps”) for Smart Phones and Tablets to user interfaces
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September 8, 2017
How Do I Calculate a Translation’s Time Frame?
There are several different factors to keep in mind in order to get an idea of how long the translation of a text will take,
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August 18, 2017
Ancient Translation Errors
One of the risks involved in the translation process is losing the meaning of certain words or concepts, or even that the translation lends itself
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August 5, 2017
Important Considerations for Voice Recordings
Every once in a while, a translation project will require a voice recording service, either for dubbing or for voice over. In some cases, audio
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July 14, 2017
More Untranslatable Words
In previous installments of our collection of linguistic curiosities, we spoke of untranslatable words in French. This time, we’ll learn some words from other languages
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July 8, 2017
