New dictionary words for 2014
New words are born and become part of the English language all the time. Sometimes these words are entirely new, though it is more common for already-existing words to morph into new ones, often by adding a new definition, or through processes such as clipping (the shortening of a longer word), blending (the combination of […]
A guide to understanding translation costs
In today’s globalized world, accessing translation services can be as easy as googling “translations” and taking your pick from the myriad of options appearing on your screen. You’ll find translation agencies and freelance translators all ready to undertake your translation project…for a price. Some lower-end agencies charge a flat-rate per-word fee for a particular language. […]
Translation events in December
2-3 Courses offered in December. Colegio de Traductores Públicos de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3 Interverbum. Advanced Terminology and Knowledge Management with TermWeb. Webinar. 8 SDL Trados Studio 2014 for Project Managers – Beginners session. 8-10 Game QA & Localization 2014, IQPC, San Francisco, California, USA. 9-10 CLiC-it, Computational Linguistics Laboratory, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. […]
Croqueta, azotea and coco: Some lunfardo words for head
Lunfardo is a rich and often slyly humorous dialect, and nowhere is its imaginative use of language more evident than with the plethora of words it has for “head” (cabeza in standard Spanish). As can be expected, many of these terms are related to its shape: coco – coconut mate – the hollowed-out gourd used […]
Translation events in November
3-5 38th Internationalization & Unicode Conference (IUC38), Object Management Group, Santa Clara, California, USA. 3-4 Trommons 2014, LRC, CenTraS, London, UK. 4-6 China Workshop on Machine Translation, University of Macau, Macau, China. 5-8 ATA 55th Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, USA. 6 Help & Localization Conference, Write2Users, Helsingør, Denmark. Translating Texts, Cultures and Values, Write2Users, Belfast, […]
New Words in the DRAE
The new 23rd edition of the Dictionary of Spanish Language of the Royal Spanish Academy (DRAE) has just been published; nearly 5,000 of its 93,111 entries are newly included words, while 1,350 previously accepted words have been eliminated from this latest edition. The new words reflect the invaluable contribution of American Spanish to the language […]
Pronouncing the Spanish B and V: No more confusion!
Among the challenges facing Spanish language learners is that of learning to pronounce words with letters whose pronunciations in Spanish differ from those in English. Some of these differences are well-known, and many learners begin their first lessons already aware that the Spanish “j” sounds somewhat like the English “h” and that the pronunciation of […]
Translation events in October
2 Authoring Content for Machine Translation and the Enterprise Content Drift. The Content Wrangler, Content Rules, webinar 2-4 IV International Conference Translating Voices, Translating Regions, Centre for Intercultural Mediation. Durham University, Durham City, UK. 2-5 Translation and Transmission Conference. Tsadra Foundation, Keystone. Colorado, USA. 3 think! Latin America, Globalization and Localization Association. Lima, Peru. […]
Bid on a translation job — and win it!
Translators often ask themselves why they receive so few positive responses to their quotes for projects. The fact is that the translation industry is highly competitive and there may be dozens or even hundreds of bids for a single translation job. What should translators do to get their quote past the screening stage and, ultimately, […]
International e-commerce: When marketing in English only isn’t enough
Today, the world can be your global marketplace, thanks to e-commerce, the buying and/or selling of goods and services over the internet or via other electronic services. The proliferation of B2B (business-to-business) and C2C (consumer-to-consumer) web portals and other marketing platforms has made it possible for companies and individuals across the world to shop for, […]
