English-only hurts immigrants and translators
Last month, voters in the City of Nashville, Tennessee went to the voting booths to decide whether to make English the city’s official language. And,
February 5, 2009
References for legal writing
Recently I had to work on a long translation of a legal document, which is not the field I work with most often. I found
February 4, 2009
Project Management for Translations (Second Part)
Another important question in this area is not to presume anything, especially that all members of the group have the same information. The coordinator must
January 30, 2009
Translation experts
As we all know, the doors that the world of translation open for us are countless and one of them is the possibility of working
January 29, 2009
President Obama, the Power of Words, and Official Chinese Translation
Following up on my post from last week on President Obama and the power of words, it’s interesting to note how the words in President
January 26, 2009
Research
We often get a translation on a topic that we don’t know in detail. What should we do? We have a few possibilities: If we
January 23, 2009
Project Management for Translations (First Part)
The coordinator of translation projects or Project Manager (PM) promotes a work environment in which reigns the uniformity of criteria. In this sense, the coordinator
January 23, 2009
The Economist cracks down on Americanisms
The Economist is the well-known and acclaimed magazine newspaper(!) about…well, economics…that is published in the UK. One of its proudest principles is how it likes
January 22, 2009
President Obama and The Power of Words
Tuesday night, at some moment during my CNN and BBC viewing marathon of inaugural activities and the apparent zenith of Obamamania, one of the many
January 22, 2009
The RAE Dictionary
What do we mean when we say that the RAE (Real Academia Española) Dictionary is the only “accepted” dictionary for translating into or from Spanish?
January 20, 2009
How to search for terms or add a new term in MultiTerm:
When we are translating, surely we might want to add terms in order to complete our termbase or to search for a term in order
January 19, 2009
Lost in Translation:
The administration of the City of Buenos Aires, headed by the businessman Mauricio Macri, appears to have translated and adopted a common environmental campaign slogan
January 16, 2009
