Clik here to view.
Have you dined at the Translate Server Error lately?
File this post under Lost in (Machine) Translation. This photo arrived courtesy of Gareth Morgan at Neovia Financial. Apparently the proprietor of this restaurant in China decided to create an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
COSNAUTAS - Recursos profesionales para la traducción y la redacción médicas
See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Expertos lanzan el primer libro en español sobre alfabetización en salud
El libro Alfabetización en salud. De la información a la acción está coordinado por el investigador Ignacio Basagoiti, quien ha explicado a Efe que la alfabetización es el proceso de adquisición de...
View ArticleClik here to view.
25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites
You're about to stumble into the looking-glass world of “contronyms”—words that are their own antonyms.See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
ATA Science & Technology Division: Why I Have a Minimum Charge in my Rate...
See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
ATA Science & Technology Division: Glossaries for Environmental Science
See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Found in translation ... when misquoting someone is the best way to be fair...
Saptarshi Ray: If a non-English speaker feels like a 'donkey out of water', it's right to change their words to help them get their point across clearlySee it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
150 Ebooks gratis para Traductores e Intérpretes
Nuevos libros incorporados a la biblioteca U niversidad deS alamanca F acultad de Traducción y D ocumentación B iblioteca Web Libros profesionales InfoTrad Diciembre 2013 150 Ebooks gratis para...
View ArticleClik here to view.
List of languages by number of native speakers - Wikipedia, the free...
See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
IATE - Datasets | European Union Open Data Portal
The EU Open Data Portal provides, via a metadata catalogue, a single point of access to data of the EU institutions, agencies and bodies for anyone to reuse.See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do I need an editor or proof-reader?
Click here to edit the titleSee it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
CPD for translators: upcoming translation conferences 2014-2015
Translation Conferences 2014-2015 I just love being a freelance translator. I love the flexibility, creativity and intellectual challenge of translation. But sometimes I miss spending time with my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
English vs Welsh: Which language is balderdash?
Welsh features a number of borrowed words from English, but a lesser known fact is that English has borrowed some words from Welsh too.See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
La obra de referencia para 500 millones de hablantes
La 23.ª edición del Diccionario de la Real Academia pretende seguir siendo el corpus normativo de referencia de la comunidad hispanohablante (unos 500 millones de hablantes), con una política...
View ArticleClik here to view.
El anglicismo depredador
La riqueza del lenguaje que utilizamos depende de lo que decimos y también de lo que dejamos de decirSee it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
¿Es posible un español global?
Dos visiones sobre la pregunta ¿la normalización de la lengua solo puede existir en la escritura?See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten Common Myths About Translation Quality
The world of translation can be a confusing place, especially if you're the one doing the buying on behalf of your company....See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why is bilingual education ‘good’ for rich kids but ‘bad’ for poor, immigrant...
If you follow the public debate about bilingual education, you know that there are two basic opposing views. As Claire Bowern, the author of the following post, writes, To put it bluntly, bilingualism...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Funny in 33 languages: The art of translating Maysoon Zayid’s hilarious TED Talk
What’s funny in one language isn’t necessarily funny in another. Maysoon Zayid’s “I got 99 problems … palsy is just one” presented many challenges for TED translators bringing the hilarious talk...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arabic debate-poetry translated into English on its way into schools in...
Thousands of primary school pupils in the United Kingdom have been learning about the region’s pearling industry, the oil boom and the culture of coffee in the Arabian Gulf thanks to the efforts of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
History of Translation in the Last 10,000 Years According to Mad Patent...
In the last two posts on my blog I briefly summarized the developments in translation and in the translation business in the last 10,000 years or so, or how these developments appear to me i...See it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inside the Weird Brains of Real-Time Translators
The world's most powerful computers can't perform accurate real-time translation. Yet interpreters do it with ease.See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
World Update: Translators Without Borders take on Ebola
In the fight against Ebola, of course medical intervention is the first priority. But it is just as important to help people understand the disease and how to fight it - ignorance and rumour have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FIT President Henry Liu on ways to increase translation quality and value
How can we ensure that our work is not viewed as a commodity? What practical steps can we take to demonstrate the value of our work to our clients? And how can we increase the quality that we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Machine Translation Technology and Internet Security
TransTech blog discusses the risks in the use of public machine translation engines.See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Translation is Not About Words. It’s About What the Words are About. - Kevin...
Subject-matter knowledge is not just “important” to translation. It’s the very essence of translation. Buried deep in the bedrock of every profession are certain truths that are universally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When a man asks people to translate a hate message he's received, their...
Reading the words would be one thing. Having to think about what they mean is almost too intense.See it on Scoop.it, via translation
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clara Janés, décima mujer académica de la Lengua en 300 años de la RAE
Clara Janés presentado la antología «Poesía y pensamiento» el pasado mes de marzo en Ávila. ©Efe/Raúl Sanchidrián Janés (Barcelona, 1940), Premio Nacional de Traducción, se ha impuesto así al otro...
View ArticleClik here to view.
View on Migration: Translation tools for refugees
Data apps and online translation engines help inform and protect vulnerable migrants, says Rebecca Petras.Yolanda Vercher's insight:Language problems lead to misinformation about asylum rights Online...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opinion: The pains and joys of learning Yoruba (or any language)
For the past seven weeks I have been engaged in an intensive language program, studying Yoruba for eight hours a day. I have studied and speak six other languages, including Swahili and Arabic, and I...
View Article
