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Anne Dacier’s Translation Legacy

In almost every discipline there are certain individuals who achieve fame and become memorable; they are admired by their peers in the field. These personalities usually transcend their area of

September 12, 2012

A menu in Spanish

Continuing with the “Olympic spirit”, I read recently that before the 2006 Olympic Games in Peking, the city carried out a translation and a “standardization” of food names into English.

September 5, 2012

The importance of orthotypography

Though it is generally not a well known field, orthotypography is a key part of the process of text correction. According to José Martínez de Sousa, one of the most

August 27, 2012

More Colloquial Expressions from Spain

This week I devoted a few hours to transcribing a series of talks on business leadership, which were given by a Basque speaker. The experience reminded me once again of

August 22, 2012

Chinese Translation Market

With the slowdown of China’s growth reported a few days ago, 7.6 percent in the 2nd quarter which is down from 9.5 percent just last year, it seems that even

July 23, 2012

Europe’s Hopes and Dreams and Its Linguistic Reality

The latest publication from Eurobarometer (the survey system that collects statistical data on public opinion in Europe) yielded a series of figures that point to the increasing importance of multilingualism

June 30, 2012

Translating or Writing?

The old saying tells us that translators are privileged readers. However, I think we may venture to argue that, rather than mere readers, translators are privileged writers. Unless we rely

June 14, 2012

What Is An .ini File?

Freelance translators and translation agencies often use TagEditor, among other options, to process all sorts of files: design files from InDesign, Quark, MS PowerPoint presentations or simple documents from Word,

April 16, 2012

What Is TEP and Why Is It So Important?

Although clients are not familiar with this acronym, TEP is a cornerstone of most translation agencies’ normal work flow. It simply refers to the three most common steps of a

March 5, 2012

Planning Large Projects

Translating a paragraph of 100 words might take 10 minutes or half an hour, depending on the complexity of the text. Following the same logic, translating an entire page of

February 6, 2012

Translating with Trados, editing without Trados

If Trados is a tool that has already been used for many years, and the translators use it more frequently each time, there are still resources who, for varying reasons,

December 29, 2011

Do You Know the Difference Between Pre-editing and Post-editing?

Some of you may have heard of a new translation field called post-editing. Post-editing, as described here is the “examination and correction of the text resulting from an automatic or

November 23, 2011

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