The map of Europe posted above is an excellent example of why localization is so important. Translators and companies who are looking for translations should not use this as a hard-and-fast, exact representation of where the dividing lines are drawn for the languages of Europe. Instead, take a moment to consider what it is really [...]
Posts Tagged ‘German’
Language Map of Europe
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Translations Influencing the Course of History
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009The act of translating a text can sometimes have effects that run much deeper than the agent in charge of performing the translation may be aware. All it takes is a cursory look at history to appreciate this fact.
For example, the translation of the Bible into Latin was a major contributing factor to the consolidation [...]
Favorite Words in Other Languages
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009The majority of the people I have exchanged emails and comments with on this blog are not just translators of one language pair, but polyglots who love and appreciate many languages. As such, we all have an affinity for words we learn in other languages that express things much more succinctly than any word in [...]
The Advantages of Speaking the Same Language
Monday, March 23rd, 2009We welcome Bryant to the team, who will join Scott on our English blog.
Continuing with the subject of languages, today we will analyze German, which has a strong presence in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, all of which have received successive waves of German immigrants over the last 200 years. Currently, there [...]
Multilingual Translation Sites
Friday, December 19th, 2008Trusted Translations has launched its multilingual translation sites in Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Chinese and Japanese.
These are the homes of the main sites in those languages, as well as a short description of each site in its language.
Portuguese Site:
Tradução
Líder em Traduções de Português: Trusted Translations, Inc. Traduções de português de qualidade ao melhor preço, [...]
Language Preservation Policies
Friday, December 19th, 2008Public policies aiming to preserve a national language are most commonly associated with small nations, whether they be small nation-states (i.e., Iceland, Ireland, and Estonia) or minority nations within a larger nation-state (i.e., Quebecois French, Basque, Catalan, and countless indigenous languages). Nevertheless, now many larger countries are taking action to preserve their majority languages.
The most [...]
