The Mother-Tongue Principle: Hit or Myth?
It鈥檚 difficult to espouse the 鈥渕other-tongue principle鈥 if it鈥檚 not at all clear what a 鈥渘ative speaker鈥 or a 鈥渕other tongue鈥 actually is.
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How to Spice Up Your Translation
It鈥檚 our job to find a balance between using the source text and still producing an original, well-written translation.
Read MoreSeven Super Skills: Progressing in Translation
By Joseph Lambert (@jaltranslation) Reblogged from the JALTranslation blog听with permission from the author (incl. the images) Today鈥檚 post sees us move from the power…
Read MoreBook review: The Business Guide for Translators
By David Friedman It is widely recognized that there are several skills you need to be successful in translation. The fundamental skills include excellent…
Read MoreHow to Have a Super First Year in the ATA: The School Outreach Program
Welcome to the second article in the series How to Have a Super First Year in the ATA. This time, I鈥檒l be talking about…
Read MoreWhy Machine Translation Should Have a Role in Your Life. Really!
By Spence Green (@LiltHQ) Reblogged from the The Language of Translation blog听with permission from the author (incl. the image) Guest author Spence Green talks…
Read MoreHello, World! Quality Website Translation is Your Entry Pass to a Global Market
What stands between your business and world domination? Language, for one. Whatever your native language is, most of the world doesn鈥檛 understand it. So…
Read MoreTranscreation: Translating and Recreating
Sometimes translating a text isn鈥檛 enough: you need more than just a copy of the original text in another language, you need a text…
Read MoreTips for Newcomers to the Translation and Interpreting Professions
By Corinne McKay Reblogged from the ATA Chronicle (September 2013)听with permission from the author If you asked 100 translators or interpreters to describe their…
Read MoreBook Review: Diversification in the Language Industry
By Catherine Christaki From time to time, in the translation industry (I’m guessing in many other industries as well), there are trending topics and…
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Read MoreInterpreting 101: An Interview with Student Interpreters
By Kimberley Hunt I had a chance to catch up with three interpretation students at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS).…
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