Following the steps of Malespín
“Yo estoy tuanis, pero el brete está pelis” Many people (including Spanish speakers) might hear this and have no idea what it means. It is
July 12, 2012
Human Translation Services [VIDEO]
Human Translations: The Path to Professional Quality httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvlBcLPqkNI&version=3&hl=es_MX&showsearch=0&rel=0&modestbranding=1 Professional Human Translation Services In the world of translations, there has been significant emphasis on the development
July 9, 2012
How to make a client happy
There are several ways of making and keeping a client happy, of which the most important factor is obviously that the client receives a high
July 3, 2012
Burger Localization
As almost every company who sells products or services in multiple countries knows, localization is a very important part of an international marketing strategy. Whether
June 25, 2012
It pays off to be persistent
Working as an Account Manager can be very intense at times, and multi-tasking skills are definitely required in order to be successful. Leads or quote
June 19, 2012
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
June 12, 2012
Google Enhances Website Translation Services
Google, which has been offering a free website translation service since 2009, has just added a new feature to this service, making it more interactive,
June 11, 2012
Evaluating SymEval
SymEval is a tool written in Python for measuring the effort invested in the Post-Editing (PE) process. It reports the edit distance between segments in
June 5, 2012
Languages, Lives and Lessons
I recently encountered a couple interesting pieces of media and I wanted to share my experience. First, I watched an extremely candid TED speech by
June 1, 2012
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
May 30, 2012
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
May 23, 2012
Communicating Between Countries Just Got Easier
Last Tuesday, Google announced that its email service, Gmail will soon include the option to have emails automatically translated. Although this option had been previously
May 16, 2012
