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Archive for August, 2009
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Use of Prepositions to Write Dates in Spanish
Friday, August 28th, 2009When writing dates in Spanish, you will use the prepositions “a“, “en” and “de“.
The preposition “a” is put before the day, both when talking about the day of the week and of the month, when it introduces a complement to the verb “estar“: Estamos A lunes (in answer to the question ¿A qué (día) estamos?–What [...]
A Matter of Preference
Thursday, August 27th, 2009As professional translators, we have to offer localized services depending on the public we’re dealing with.
That’s why as native speakers of a given country or another, we need to have resources for obtaining the appropriate terminology that is used in a specific country with a specific dialect.
In that sense, here are a few links for [...]
The Strange History of the Ampersand
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009The logogram on the left is ubiquitous and easily recognizable throughout the world; it’s “the and sign”. To professionals and lovers of linguistic trivia, it’s the “ampersand”.
What is less known is how it got to be to the place it is today. Here’s a brief history recapitulating the most important areas:
Its original form was based [...]
Mind What Ye Bloggeth…
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009There have been some volatile eruptions affecting the blogosphere of late, hence meriting a new post on the issue of blogging in our modern day and age. Last time round, we had the case of the forlorn NightJack blogger whose brave (and brazen, to be sure) recounting of events on the beat and—perhaps more revealingly—in [...]
Language Statistics
Friday, August 21st, 2009• Quantity of living languages: 6912
• Quantity of language on the verge of extinction: 516
• Language with the largest quantity of native speakers: Mandarin Chinese
• Language spoken by the largest quantity of non-natives: English (250 million native speakers versus 350 million non-native speakers)
• Country where the largest variety of languages are spoken: Papua New Guinea [...]
More on Dates in Spanish
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Dates in Spanish can be spelled out in their entirety, written in a combination of letters and numbers, or only with numbers:
a) It is not common for dates to be expressed completely in words: Veintiocho de septiembre de mil novecientos noventa y seis. This generally only happens in very official documents, public decrees, notarial acts, [...]
Diplomatic Translation Gaffe
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Recently, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was kind enough to give us the latest example of how poor quality translations can leave an organization looking foolish. In this case, the organization in question was the United States government.
As reported on CNN’s website, Hillary presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with a “reset button” to symbolize [...]
Language, History, and Politics
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009When is a language really a language, and not just a set of dialects? That is a difficult question to answer, and the Spanish language is a perfect case in point. Though most people in non-Spanish speaking cultures are unaware of it, this Romance language has historically been plagued by infighting and antagonisms which arose [...]
Expressing Dates in Spanish
Friday, August 14th, 2009As established in the Real Academia Española, Spanish-speaking countries use, generally, the ascending order when they write out dates, i.e. day, month, year, with no commas separating any information: 31 de diciembre de 1992. Between the day and the month, as well as between the month and the year, the preposition “de” is used. For [...]
Another Language Gap Bridged
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009For centuries humans have stared at their canine companions and worked at deciphering exactly what their barks and grunts could possibly mean. Often it is nothing more than “I am hungry” or “I would like to go outside”. However, the plucky Japanese have solved that problem forever. I introduce you to Bowlingual Voice.
It claims to [...]
Uses of the Word Senior in Spanish
Friday, August 7th, 2009I was thumbing through the dictionary of the Spanish Academy (RAE) the other day and I thought it would be useful to share the official accepted uses of the word “sénior” in Spanish.
The word itself comes from the Latin word “senior”, which is a comparative adjective meaning older and its use in Spanish has recently [...]
Ending Sentences with Prepositions in English
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009To review: English does not have an official governing body that dictates what is right or wrong. Instead, it is based on a set of standards and accepted truths as far as what is the “best way” to properly communicate. Given that fact, there are many different avenues to take when it comes to expressing [...]
Trusted Translations New Site
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Trusted Translations, Inc. announced the launch of its new site.
