Read the Room
There is a concept in language that can be a bit of a bully to new writers. Just when they thought they were getting the hang of it, it swoops
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December 19, 2018
A Language to Die For
Today, some hidden places still exist where tribes and communities are totally isolated from the outside world. There is very little that is known about them, as far as how
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December 14, 2018
How To Clean A TM And Not Die Trying
As we mentioned in a previous post, cleaning the translation memory (TM) of one of our largest and oldest clients was a task that required the use of Xbench and
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December 7, 2018
Human Resources’ Supporting Role
It goes without saying that any company when growing in size needs to put more emphasis in organizing its Human Resources functions. It may even include developing its own department
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December 1, 2018
Machine Translation: When to Use It
As we have already mentioned in a previous post, using an automatic translator is not recommended in certain scenarios. Now we will see what situations are appropriate for using an
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November 30, 2018
Red Pens Make their Mark
When proofreaders take out their red pens, their main purpose is to get rid of any errors that may hinder comprehension or sidetrack the reader. One aspect of this task
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November 28, 2018
SOS: URGENT TRANSLATION
There are certain situations in which, due to some unforeseen event, carelessness or any life surprise a text must be translated urgently. This usually happens when a document must be
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November 23, 2018
The Limits of Machine Translation
From peripherals that can translate instantly from one language to another to able to keep a conversation in a language we do not handle, to applications for cameras which translate
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November 16, 2018
The Titanic Task of Cleaning Up a Translation Memory
A few months ago we decided to clean up the translation memory of one of our longest-serving and busiest clients. Throughout so many years of work, the memory was loaded
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November 9, 2018
The German Language and its Dialects
German is known to be one of the most difficult European languages to learn as a foreign language based on its extensive vocabulary, complex structures, long words, declensions, etc. In
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October 29, 2018
MT: From Babel to Metropolis
As a reflection on one of the very first cinematic explorations on the relationship between technology and mankind, the film Metropolis (considered to be one of the first science fiction
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October 24, 2018
How to Translate Microsoft Visio Files
Computer Assisted Translation tools (or CAT tools) recognize text from a great diversity of file formats, thus are able to calculate the word count and analyze how many of them
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October 12, 2018
