Dictionary of Curiosities
In working as translators, we always come across words that are difficult to translate. We’ve spoken on other occasions about how certain languages use words
May 30, 2014
Team Translations
Despite the fact that many people think of a translator’s job as being a solitary task, isolated and competitive, it shouldn’t be thought of this
May 23, 2014
The Mystery of the Untranslatable Book
In Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is a book that no one has ever been able to read. It is written in a non-existent
May 14, 2014
Translation and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Without any doubt, each World Cup is an event that fires up passions and moves multitudes across the world. And even though it’s a sport
May 9, 2014
The Birth of a Language
Some time ago we wrote about code switching, and how this informal phenomenon manifests itself in virtually infinite ways. In that post, we mentioned Spanglish,
May 8, 2014
Can Artificial Languages Be Established?
Artificial languages, that is, languages constructed by humans based on the study of “natural” languages, have been created throughout history for multiple (and, indeed, very
April 30, 2014
Game of Thrones in the Real Academia
Much has been said about the Real Academia Española of late. Much has also been said about its academics, sitting in ornate chairs with their
April 25, 2014
García Márquez and Translation
After hearing the sad news last week about the death of the great author Gabriel García Márquez, I began to think about how difficult it
April 23, 2014
Does U.S. Spanish Exist?
On many occasions, when translators consult with our clients about which Spanish-speaking public they want to address, we come across the answer that “we want
April 18, 2014
What Is Nüshu?
This week, while surfing through an online video site, I came across a documentary on a group of women living in Hunan, a remote region
April 9, 2014
How to Translate a Publisher File
It is not that common, but occasionally it happens that a document to be translated is sent in MS Publisher format (.pub). This tool belongs
April 4, 2014
What Are Syntactic or Structural Anglicisms in Spanish?
When analyzing a text in Spanish, regardless of whether it is a translation or not, the term “Anglicism” refers to those linguistic equivalencies that use
April 2, 2014
