Día E Is Near
Since 2009, on the Saturday closest to the summer solstice, the Cervantes Institute celebrates Día E (S Day): “the holiday of all Spanish speakers,” as
May 15, 2013
Fun with Homophones
Last week we spoke about a curious group of words known as heteronyms: words that are spelled the same as each other, but which are
May 14, 2013
Web Site Translations
The decisions we must make when quoting a web site are fundamental to the quality and costs of the project’s end results. Therefore, when a
May 3, 2013
How About Some Dictionary Interaction?
Translators, editors, lexicologists, philologists, poets and other language professionals will no doubt find a novel source of joy in this new online resource: an interactive
May 1, 2013
Should Words in English Contain Accent Marks?
Growing up in a bilingual home setting, I was very lucky to learn both Spanish and English from a young age. I never had to
April 29, 2013
More Commonly Misused Words
Referring back to the last blog post “Commonly Misused Words”, we were able to see how some words we were saying, writing, or have heard,
April 16, 2013
Translating Text in Images
In general, when submitting a translation project the client requests a mirror image of the source document to be delivered. This includes the formatting, the
April 12, 2013
Typographical Symbols and Their Surprising Origins
Since the arrival of the printing press in the middle of the fifteenth century, when Johannes Gutenberg’s invention ushered in the modern age, operators of
April 6, 2013
Post-editing: What is that?
The idea of using computers for translation is not a touch&go, it has been touch&stay since the 1950’s. It was first proposed by A.D. Booth
April 5, 2013
How Important Is the Quoting Stage?
The quoting of a project is as important as the process in which the work is actually done. Quoting at the lowest price, for example,
April 2, 2013
Project Manager or Translator?
As we all know, the world of translations can get a little hectic in certain situations. For example, when clients need a translation done by
March 28, 2013
The Spanish Language: Vulgarisms and Vices
As language professionals—translators, writers, editors, literature students, etc.—we tend to feel outraged whenever we hear or see grammatical, spelling or semantic errors, which unfortunately are
March 27, 2013
