The Social Role of Translations in Centuries Past
To understand the current translation market and its new trends, it is necessary to go back to the origins of this discipline and look at
October 10, 2012
Regional Soccer Terms That Go Global
In a previous post (Derby or Clásico?), we looked at some of the soccer terms which, by virtue of the incessant flow of Latin American
October 3, 2012
Languages and Their Power to Stave off Alzheimer’s
It is a well-known fact that bilingualism can be a big help in certain areas throughout one’s life, but it would seem that it saves
September 24, 2012
Derby or Clásico?
As a Spanish-speaking translator, one straddling the ancestral variant of the language and its rioplatense lineage, I am often fascinated by the marked differences that
September 19, 2012
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
September 12, 2012
More Colloquial Expressions from Spain
This week I devoted a few hours to transcribing a series of talks on business leadership, which were given by a Basque speaker. The experience
August 22, 2012
Cleaning Up Files in MemSource
Following up on the topic of MemSource and its many features, one of its biggest advantages is the way it allows you to clean up
August 16, 2012
Of Goat Preferences and Other Spanish Expressions
Among the great treasures of the Spanish language, we find many a colorful turn of phrase; locutions so humble that perhaps they don’t make it
August 13, 2012
A Beginner’s Guide to MemSource
The following is a brief walkthrough on the use of a new translation tool: MemSource. As mentioned on a previous post, MemSource is a cloud-based
August 4, 2012
On Homers and Fastballs
My father—who’s Argentine—has the good fortune of being able to read, in their original language, novels written in English. He prefers, whenever possible, to avoid
July 28, 2012
The Use of FTP in Translation Projects
For those who are not familiar with the term or the tool, FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. Perhaps for some the subject might be
July 18, 2012
There’s a New CAT in Town: MemSource Cloud
For those people who cannot or don’t want to use Trados, there are no longer any impediments. Many translators (actually, more than translators, they are
July 14, 2012
