Anne Dacier’s Translation Legacy
In almost every discipline there are certain individuals who achieve fame and become memorable; they are admired by their peers in the field. These personalities
The most spoken languages
Communication with others is essential for people to live together, whether in our own country with the people that surround us, or in another country
Olympics: The Language Arena
With the Olympics upon us, we cannot help but see the world in a different light. Maybe for the whole 16 days. Possibly forever. But
Language Learning Unites with Translation
A few weeks ago, a new website was launched for public use that has received lots of media attention. The website, called Duolingo, combines language
A tale of two translations
A couple of weeks ago, in the weekly Chess tactics lesson of my local club (Oh, no! Not another entry about Chess!), the game we
Chess across languages
Surfing around, I came across this page, which presents the names given to the chess pieces in other languages: foreign names of chess pieces. It
Oll Korrect?
Whether you are an English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, or Japanese (the list goes on) native speaker, you have most likely used, or have heard
The ambiguity of “or”
One of the most curious ambiguities that I know of is the two different meanings of the connective “or”. It’s got an “inclusive” and an
Fashionable Jargon
I recently noticed that the people who keep close watch on the various trends in clothing design tend to use a very specific vocabulary, one
The Usefulness of Back-translation
As has been mentioned before, when we speak of back-translation, we’re referring to translating a text (that’s already been translated) back to its original language.
