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Translation

Another Famous Linguist: El Inca Garcilaso dela Vega (1539-1616)

Among the famous historical translators and interpreters in the industry, one name that comes up frequently is Garcilaso de la Vega. Garcilaso de la Vega had a unique advantage in his life that eventually permitted him to interpret on both a linguistic as well as cultural level. This unique advantage that made Garcilaso de la

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Translating Invented Terms

In some cases, translators will come across a word straight from the mind of a text’s author. When there’s no possible way for invented words to have an equivalent in the target language, translators must come up with their most creative solutions. Technical Language When an engineer or scientist invents a new process or makes

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Translation Glossaries

For companies that hope to expand their consumer audience to another country or a new group of non-English speakers, high-quality translation of materials and documents into that community’s language is vital. One of the best ways to ensure that translations of all of your materials are consistent and accurate is to create translation glossaries of all of

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Translating Concepts that Don’t Exist in your Language: How, Why, and When

If you’ve ever met someone who speaks your native tongue as their second language, they may have tried to explain something to you but been unable to. Afterwards, they could say that it’s easier to explain that concept in their own language. Why is this? Could your friend not have a complete grasp of your

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Translating Japanese Haiku: Does the Meaning Remain?

Furu ike ya Kawazu tobikomu Mizu no oto             -Bashō The ancient pond A frog jumps in: Plop! -Donald Keene The tradition of Japanese poetry dates back to ancient times, as far back as the eighth century with the compilation of the Man’yōshū, the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry (Donald Keene). Originally, longer poems, known

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Translation: An Underappreciated Profession

While those working in the translation industry understand the importance of their role in today’s increasingly interconnected world, the field remains woefully unrecognized in the professional sphere. Even as the need for translation expands in every area – literary, technical, commercial, etc. – the perceived importance of the profession has not grown accordingly, contributing to

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The Role of CART- Part 1: Helping English as a Second Language Learners

Captioning services used in court reporting and other appropriate locations (like a classroom) are useful in providing an accurate transcript of the spoken word. A subset of captioning services, CART professionals provide real-time speech transcriptions. CART, or Communication Access Real-time Translation [PDF], has been useful both to people who are deaf or hard of hearing

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