Localizing fuel consumption

Posted 37 mins ago by John Gray

British and American cars express fuel consumption of cars in “miles per gallon” (mpg). Unfortunately they don’t use the same gallon. The Imperial gallon, still sometimes used in metric Britain, is 4.542 litres, whereas the US gallon is somewhat smaller, at 3.785 litres. So a car which does 30 mpg in England achieves only 25 mpg in the States.

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Three versions of Sappho’s Poem of Jealousy

Posted 7 days ago by John Gray

My muse, what ails this ardour?
Mine eys be dym, my lymbs shake,
My voice is hoarse, my throte scorcht,
My tong to this roofe cleaves,
My fancy amazde, my thoughtes dull’d,
My head doth ake, my life faints
My sowle begins to take leave,
So greate a passion all feele,
To think a soare so deadly
I should so rashly ripp up.

- Sir Phillip Sidney (1554-1586)

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What can I do internally to streamline the translation process?

Posted 11 days ago by John Gray

Beyond being aware of your specific needs and communicating them to your translation provider, you can do several things to streamline the translation process.

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QuickSilver’s transcription service

Posted 15 days ago by John Gray

The transcription service offered by QuickSilver Translate involves the conversion of a spoken language source into a printed form, for example an audio MP3 file into a Word document.

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Palindromes!

Posted 16 days ago by John Gray

Today, some brain candy – palindromes!

As any fule kno, a palindrome is a word or phrase which mirrors itself; in other words, which can be read backwards and forwards, as in the case of the famous opening gambit of the First Man to his ex-rib: Madam, I’m Adam.

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