English Words with a Spanish Pedigree
Over the centuries, Spanish has made a significant contribution to the English language. When American settlers began exploring the west in the early 19th century, they crossed paths with an established Mexican culture that supplied the English language with a number of everyday words. Merchants conducting trade in the Spanish-influenced Caribbean brought back not only […]
Will 90% of the world’s languages cease to exist?
A program in BBC radio reveals the following: An estimated 7,000 languages are being spoken around the world. But that number is expected to shrink rapidly in the coming decades. In 1992 a prominent US linguist stunned the academic world by predicting that by the year 2100, 90% of the world’s languages would have ceased […]
The Use of Neutral Spanish for the U.S. Hispanic Market
There is little doubt about the growing influence of the Hispanic demographic in the United States. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Latinos comprise 14.8% of the population for a total of 44.3 million people. What’s more, Hispanics are projected to account for almost 25% of the total U.S. population by […]
British companies relying too much on the English Language
English may be the leading international business language and UK companies may still have a head start in the 53 Commonwealth countries where English is spoken, but the National Centre for Languages says that three-quarters of the world’s population speak no English and 94% of English speakers do so only as their second language. Chinese […]
Machine Translation or Human Translation?
CNN published an article explaining the different approaches from Google and Facebook to translating their webs. Below you will find some highlights: Facebook aims to translate the Web using an army of volunteers and some hired professional translators. Meanwhile, Google plans to let computers do most of the work. Which method will ultimately prevail remains […]
Notable Hispanic and Latino Americans – Part II
Part II of our list of some notable Hispanic and Latino Americans, citizens or residents of the United States with ancestry or origins in Hispanic America. Education Richard A. Tapia selected for the National Science Board (governing board for the National Science Foundation) by President Bill Clinton. Richard A. Tapia (born March 25, 1939) is […]
Notable Hispanic and Latino Americans
List of some notable Hispanic and Latino Americans, citizens or residents of the United States with ancestry or origins in Hispanic America Architecture Eduardo Catalano, architect (Argentina) Eduardo Fernando Catalano (born 1917) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and came to the United States on a scholarship to the Universities of Pennsylvania and Harvard. In […]
Writers wanted for our Blog
We would like to invite you to write in our Blog (https://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/). Our Translation blog is related to the following subjects: Translation Industry Freelance Translators English and Spanish Languages Latino Community in US Translation Buyers We accept articles in English and Spanish and we may also republish an article that is already posted in another […]
The History, Culture and Importance of Hispanic Americans
By Swapna Kasturi Hispanic America or Spanish America refers to the region which constitutes American countries that are inhabited by Spanish speaking people. There are several places that are dominated by Spanish speaking populations and as such, a common thread runs among these inhabited places and Spain mainly because of the fact that all these […]
Payment Methods for Freelance Translators in US and Abroad
Translators around the world have never had it so good. With the translation business blooming, they seek to stand a lot from their work. The methods by which translators get paid are many and varied. Many agencies prefer to pay their clients through ACH or Automated Clearing House, in which, it is possible to deposit […]
