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.
Glossaries in Machine Translation
In Machine Translation we use the term “glossary” in a different way than the traditional meaning of “an alphabetically ordered list of words with an
Basic Aspects That A Translation Buyer Must Be Familiar With
When a company uses a language services provider, it can have various needs, but here I want to focus on translation services. Companies that hire
Audiovisual Translation
Audiovisual translation (AVT) is developing the translation activity in a context characterized by the interaction of text (whether oral or written) with sound and image.
We Lost More in the War…
The title of this post is the literal translation of “Más se perdió en la guerra”, which is a very interesting phrase that can be
The Translation of Comic Books
The different types of translations have different types of complexities and, on this occasion, I will make a brief review of the problems that may
Diplomatic Translation Gaffe
Recently, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was kind enough to give us the latest example of how poor quality translations can leave an organization looking
Investing in Professional Translation Can Save You Big Time!
Professional translation services are there to offer a wide variety of customers an effective way to communicate with people that speak a different language, no
Mark Twain’s back translation
A few weeks ago, I made a post about back translations, but this time I wanted to share a famous example of a back translation
“Yes, we can” Translation
I was reading an article about Obama and the Spanish speakers in the States and I found that the journalist translated, the “YES WE CAN”
