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Today we’d like to talk about a subject that affects not only the translation sector, rather the entire work environment in general.As a result of technology having entered many professional areas, it’s sometimes difficult to define the limit between work life and personal life. It is therefore essential that workers,…
See moreOne of the most important things in international advertising and marketing is how you address the target audience. It’s not enough to merely translate content from one language into another. You have to go beyond the words and convey tone, intent, emotion and the message. The idea is to keep…
See moreFor many people, giving a presentation in public is often a nerve-racking and stressful situation, and it can be a true source of anxiety. And if you have to give that presentation in a language that is not your mother tongue then the pressure mounts—no matter how fluent you are.People…
See moreOne of the important aspects to keep in mind when translating is cultural adaptation. Depending on the objective of a translation, the content should be kept the same as in the source text, or it should be modified and adapted to the culture of the target audience. By definition, linguistic-cultural…
See moreHave you ever wondered how a new word comes about? A language reflects its speakers, and like them, it is continuously changing and evolving. A language needs new words to continue developing and to therefore stay alive. A new word arises from nothing other than need: with progress, we need…
See moreMachine translation, meaning translation that is done by computer systems (with or without human intervention) started being developed in the 1950s. To the extent that machine translation (MT) has improved, its use has increased. However, it wasn’t until free machine translation tools became available on the Internet (such as Google…
See moreIf you ask yourself “what is translation?”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Most likely the image of a text. Probably something printed from a book, a literary book, maybe a novel. It’s certainly true that, because of translations, we can go to a book store today and…
See moreIn this day and age, most people are familiar with the term “machine translation”, i.e., a translation done by a computer without human intervention. For example, when we don’t know what a word means in another language, we normally look up its meaning in Google Translate, which is just one…
See moreWhat’s the main reason why we choose a film when we go to the cinema or when we’re going to have a “home movie” night? Obviously, there are many answers to that question: recommendations of friends, reviews, awards received, having seen the trailer, etc. Even still, we can’t overlook the…
See moreThe new virus of the Coronaviridae family, appearing towards the end of 2019, is causing serious consequences in various aspects around the world. Given that this is a subject of vital importance at the present time, we’ve prepared a compilation of the most basic terms, for which we’ve included their…
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