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The Return of the Dead Language or Latin is Back
Latin is about as dead as a dead language can be. Yet on the other hand, it pops up in all sorts of weird and wonderful places, which might suggest that it is not so dead after all.
Read MoreThe Crucial Significance of Poetry Translation
Amongst all the different types of translation, literary translation, and translation of poetry in particular, occupies something of a special place. It is both highly demanding and often extremely underpaid.
Read MoreMachine Translation and When Not to Use it
There has been a great deal of hype of late about machine translation and other language technology What is often not noticed is that the hype usually originates from the owners or producers of these tools. The reality is a bit less exciting.
Read MoreThe Russian Language is Experiencing a Decline in Importance in Central Asia
After the decline of the Soviet Union, people in the newly independent countries have generally turned towards their own languages and away from the language of their former imperial masters. As a result, Russian has experienced a sharp decline in Central Asia in particular.
Read MoreThe Demand for Scientific Language Translation in the Modern World
The propagation of knowledge and innovations is crucial for efficient progress in science. Scientific translation contributes to this process by making sure that speakers of all languages have reliable access to new information.
Read MoreLegal Language Translation Mistakes Should be Avoided
Legal translation is one of these mission-critical areas of language services, where even small mistakes can cost a fortune. Work in this area should therefore only be entrusted to specialists with a proven track record.
Read MoreWikipedia is Losing English Language Editors
After putting every single encyclopedia salesman the world over out of work, Wikipedia is now in trouble itself. It apparently loses too many English editors, endangering its quality control processes.
Read MoreWhat is Proofreading and when exactly do you need it?
Proofreading is one of those concepts that everybody has heard about and thinks that they understand. Often, however people's understanding is very different from what is actually happening.
Read MoreWhat is Esperanto?
Most people are quite surprised when they are first introduced to the concept of an artificial language like Esperanto. They are utterly astonished when they realise just how popular it really is, and how easy to learn.
Read MoreWhen to say ‘’no’’ rather than Accept Translation Jobs?
In a shaky economy, it is tempting for translators to agree to taking any job that comes along. This would be a mistake, though, as badly executed assignments for which a translator is poorly prepared or qualified can be devastating for client and translator alike.
Read MoreBenefits of Medical Language Translation
Translation of medical advances helps greatly in disseminating valuable information across national and linguistic borders. It is therefore probably no exaggeration to say that at times, medical translation can truly save lives.
Read MoreThe Increasing Influence of the Chinese Language in the World Today
With the rapid economic growth of the People's Republic of China, and its related rise to the status of superpower, the Chinese language, Mandarin, has also become more and more important.
Read MoreSignificance of Social Media Translation
There are a number of ways in which translation can be useful for social media. Most obviously, it allows a given network to reach additional users or customer groups. In addition, individual users can connect to many more users in other language communities, through shared interests for example, without having to speak the same language.
Read MoreWhen Marketing Translation has gone horribly wrong
Marketing language can be amongst the most difficult type of text to translate, partly because marketing is supposed to appeal to the heart as well as simply transmit information. A mere translation is therefore often not good enough.
Read MoreAchieving Accurate Scientific and Technical Translation
Science and technology is perhaps the area of human endeavor that places the most emphasis on accuracy and precision. It is therefore not surprising that scientific and technical translations require exactly those attributes.
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