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False friends in business translation

Posted 3 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Following on from our post on French false friends, here are some words to look out for when translating business documentation from/to Spanish: Firstly, the classics actualmente and eventualmente. Actual means current or present, and actualmente means ‘currently’ or ‘at …

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(Español) QuickSilverTranslate.com adopta la solución de seguridad informática CloudJacket

Posted 12 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Sorry, this entry is only available in Русский, Português, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, 中文, Català and Español. Google+ profile

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A few gems from MacAlpine’s Gaelic Dictionary (1833)

Posted 16 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

In his book On The Life and Death of Languages, linguist Claude Hagège talks about Pomo, an Amerindian language spoken in Northern California. This language has a verb which means ‘to suddenly introduce words into a song that one was …

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Localizing marketing material: you jus gotta!

Posted 20 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

This quote from legendary German chancellor Billy Brandt says it all: “If I’m selling to you, I speak your language. If I’m buying, dann müssen Sie Deutsch sprechen.” Recent figures from Global Reach International Online Marketing support Brandt’s prophetic pronouncement: …

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More literary word-games…

Posted 22 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Followers of Perec abound. ‘Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes…’ This is the opening sentence of Walter Abish’s Alphabetical Africa (1974). The first chapter is composed only of words that begin with ‘a’, the second of words …

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