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Do You Need a College Degree?

A few months ago, a lovely acquaintance who wants to be an interpreter, asked me whether she needed a college degree to succeed as a (court) interpreter. We hadn’t really

August 19, 2014

As linguists, our work often times requires translating complex texts that include sentences and structures of all lengths and types. Given that sentence structures are often different from one language

August 14, 2014

Which Is Considered the Best Dubbing Job in History?

In previous posts we dealt with the subject of the revolution of dubbing (specifically, in animated Disney films). Starting in the 1940s, this aspect of internationalization of film was subject to

August 8, 2014

Edmundo Santos and the Revolution of Dubbing in Disney

Those of us who enjoy animation sometimes notice that the dubbing for this kind of films differs quite significantly from the original, with the aim of achieving the magic that

August 4, 2014

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 tell her friends, all of

August 1, 2014

Where Do Languages Go When They Die?

We’ve spoken on other occasions about how certain dead languages, such as Latin, actually aren’t so dead after all, and in fact have continued to develop even after having been

July 30, 2014

Dzongkha Is Not Just a Perfume

Dzongkha, besides being a woody fragrance that transports you to Buddhist monasteries, is also the official language of Bhutan. It means language (kh) within dzong. The dzong are fortified monasteries

July 17, 2014

What Makes a Great Linguist?

There is a whole host of valid answers to this question, but arguably the most significant – at least in the field of translation and interpreting – is the ability

July 16, 2014

Is Spanish a Sexist Language?

This is a long-debated discussion, especially among some feminist groups engaged in the very important fight for women’s rights in a variety of fields. However, sometimes the initiative goes even

July 9, 2014

Does the Job of the Translator Have Its Days Counted?

The debate over the advance of industrialization to the detriment of manual work dates back at least to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. It’s a debate that, in keeping

July 4, 2014

Why They Call Football Soccer, Or Why They Call Soccer Football

Here at Trusted Translations we’re not immune to the Brazil World Cup fever, and so it occurred to us to research why in the United States they call the game

June 27, 2014

Do the Arts Honor the Figure of the Translator?

Cinema, literature and television have, each in their own way, the ability to grant cultural standing to the various figures that comprise them. Before delving deeper into the figure in

June 20, 2014

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