Some people like to be informed and keep up with the latest news. They read everything they see, such as magazines, newspapers and books. They may be interested in politics, current events, sports, technology, and the list goes on. For those people, what better incentive to learn a language than doing it while being informed [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Another Way to Learn a Language
Sunday, July 31st, 2011Steps to Organize Your Translation Process (Part I)
Thursday, July 28th, 2011If you have always wanted to have a guide about how to organize yourself when it comes to translating, you can’t miss this post! Here’s the first part of the list with important tips: 1. Make sure you have all the necessary reference material at hand, such as good dictionaries and glossaries. 2. Making effective [...]
How Hollywood Is Working to Build Its Audiences Through Translation
Monday, July 25th, 2011Those of us involved in translation are fully aware that there are jobs that are easy and others that are difficult. This evaluation depends mostly on our field of expertise (for some of us, a welding manual is simple while for others it is their worst nightmare, requiring hours and hours of research). However, most [...]
Yiddish, a Fusion of Languages
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Yiddish is a Germanic language, and its main speakers are Ashkenazi Jews in the United States, Israel and in many countries in Eastern Europe, with a smaller number of speakers scattered throughout the rest of the world. The language of Ashkenazi Jews was also German and Hebrew. During the 13th century, they incorporated the Hebrew [...]
The Translation of the Word “Hangouts” as “Quedadas” in Google+
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011As we all know, Google did not want to stay behind in the sphere of social networks and has created Google+, with a format similar to Facebook, but with some very interesting features that Facebook lacks. In fact, it’s easy to find several blogs that talk about this new network offered by Google. For instance, [...]
Cuban Language Academy
Monday, July 18th, 2011Founded in 1926, this language academy was recognized by presidential decree law number 3388 of August 23, 1951. It is currently located in Old Havana, in the Santo Domingo building. Like the rest of the Spanish language academies spread throughout the American continent, this academy also contributes to the joint effort and teamwork to unify [...]
When You Get Feedback From the Client
Friday, July 15th, 2011In the previous blog entry “Inquiries to the Client: It’s a Team Effort“, I talked about the fact that often times, the language services provider (LSP) needs to contact the client. Now, what happens when the client is the one who needs to make changes to your translation? Interpreting feedback First, it is necessary to [...]
Learning a Language for Travel: However, Whenever and Wherever You Want It
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011We discussed in the previous post (“Learning a Language: However, Whenever and Wherever You Want It”) that the most important thing when learning a language is to be clear as to why you’re doing it, before seeking your best option. In this case and in my opinion, learning a language for travel is one of the [...]
Things to Know about Neutral Spanish
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011From my experience, people who are not involved in the world of languages and, specifically, translating into Spanish are not fully aware of the existence of what is known as neutral Spanish, also referred to as “standard” or “international” Spanish. In this issue, I think that a Spanish person does not intend that his “Spanish” [...]
Translation Preferences and Cost
Saturday, July 9th, 2011When facing a translation project, a translator is not only concerned that the meaning of a sentence in a language is correctly transferred into another language, based on his knowledge and field of experience. Above all, in each project a translator makes decisions on what might be called the aesthetic and contextual order. As we all [...]
