Although it is quite possible that the new Dubbing Law in Argentina will imply an unexpected shove to the translation sector, the new norm could mark the end of a phenomenon which has for decades been coming to the attention of both linguists and those who study languages. It is well known that generations of […]
It is often said that kids are like sponges in the sense that they absorb everything they see, they hear, and understand and in some sense, what they believe they understand. When growing up, we have multiple acquired cultural references, and some intercultural references, like cartoons. As kids, even before pre-school, we assimilate everything with […]
Today I’d like to wrap up this series of posts on fashion-related vocabulary by turning my attention to those garments for which I had no space in my previous post. As we saw before, fashion design often expresses itself in very specific terms, terms which tend not to be a part of most translators lexicon. […]
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From my experience, people who are not involved in the world of languages and, specifically, translating into Spanish are not fully aware of the existence of what is known as neutral Spanish, also referred to as “standard” or “international” Spanish. In this issue, I think that a Spanish person does not intend that his “Spanish” […]
Our daily dilemma in translating legal documents is ensuring that the precise legal language is easily understood by the reader. Legal phrasing leaves very few choices of terminology, because they have a single name. What happens is that each country is sovereign and therefore in a translation project there are different legal systems involved, so […]
People generally never take the time to think about the various aspects of their native language, what vocabulary is preferred, how sentences are formed, the use of verb tenses, and even the way words can be stressed may differ from the way that others who speak the same language do in another country or area. […]
What does “neutral Spanish” mean? This has been a hotly debated topic in many sectors, particularly in the field of translation. It has been decided that neutral Spanish is the form of Spanish that is broad enough to be understood in any Spanish-speaking country. But…is this goal even possible? Does neutral Spanish really even exist? […]