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
June 26, 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
Translating Websites with Google
The benefits of automatic translation are beyond compare. So much so that just a few years ago (in 2009), Google launched a tool (complementary to
June 20, 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
Translating or Writing?
The old saying tells us that translators are privileged readers. However, I think we may venture to argue that, rather than mere readers, translators are
June 14, 2012
Trusted Marketing Translations
The translation of marketing material ranks among Trusted Translations’ main linguistic activities. Every day we get requests from customers who are looking to expand their
June 13, 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
In Search of That Tiny Slanted Mark
It would seem that with each passing day the Spanish diacritic, or accent mark, is disappearing more and more. Go out for a walk and
June 8, 2012
Translating Acronyms and Abbreviations
Normally, one of the most frequent problems that translators have to deal with is the translation of abbreviations or acronyms. Note that an abbreviation is
June 7, 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
