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Top Languages To Broaden Employment Prospects

While a college education and job experience are common factors for employment, learning a second language just might give you the extra support you need to get a new job, a promotion, or a departmental transfer. The world is expanding; globalization is taking us to places we could not reach even 50 years ago. Many businesses have clients in other countries, and Lingholic says that “employers are much more likely to hire you if you are able to communicate with their foreign partners in their native language.” If you’re looking

January 25, 2018 No Comments

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The Importance of Humanity In Translation

There has never been a time where accurate translation across the globe has been so important. Diversity, social media, and the globalization of business have increased communications ten-fold in the past decade alone. The sheer volume of worldwide communications means that people often turn to machines to get a gist of what’s going on. However, these machines just don’t have the skills to understand human context and culture, which can lead to dire consequences. When Computers Make A Mistake Computerized translation services have become commonplace in the hopes of assisting

January 17, 2018 No Comments

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How Creative Translation Avoids Gender Bias

Translation can be a tricky business when trying to pick the correct words and portray the correct feelings, especially when it comes to a creative work, such as a classic novel or poem. This translation involves conveying notions, perceptions, and convictions in another language. How You See It A work of art is one part portrayal (what the creator wants you to see), and one part interpretation (what you believe to see), whether it is a painting, a poem, or a play that is being studied. When it comes to

January 10, 2018 No Comments

Translation

A Novel Approach To Literary Translation

When it comes to translating novels that are considered to be works-of-art in the literary world, you had better be sharp. Those who live for good literature want to read stories as the original author intended without a mishap, mistake, or mistranslated word. After all, Dickens would take on an entirely different meaning if the Ghost of Christmas Present became a ghostly image of a Christmas present. Keeping It Close To The Original Though it is not entirely impossible to produce an entire novel without a single misstep, careful considerations

December 20, 2017 No Comments

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Top Five Reasons Why Translation Is An Intellectual Pursuit

An intellectual pursuit is something akin to the pursuit of knowledge. It is doing something that requires the use of research and intellect to find the answers to questions of your own, or those of others. Studying for a college degree is an intellectual pursuit, as is becoming a history buff. Learning a different language and translating it for others is a major example of an intellectual pursuit, and here are five ways to show it. 1 – It keeps your skills and brain sharp. An intellectual pursuit is that

December 7, 2017 No Comments

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One Word Can Say A Lot

In the English language, there are many words that can be used in multiple situations. The word, “wow” can convey many thoughts. As an interjection, you might say it to express your disbelief when your spouse remembers your anniversary. As a verb, it’s a word you can use to give your utmost approval to just about anything. Though “love” means a deep affection, it isn’t always the same affection. You might love the newest Taylor Swift song, but not in the same way you love your partner. You might love

November 8, 2017 No Comments

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Translators Save Lives When Tragedy Strikes

What happens in the face of a catastrophe? What happens when a hurricane is blowing, a tsunami is rolling, or an outbreak is occurring? When natural or man-made disasters are predicted, warnings are what usually happen. Warnings often come from those in authority who know what is about to transpire so that people who might be affected by the disaster can protect themselves. But sometimes, these dire warning can fall upon ears that don’t understand what is happening due to a language barrier. Professional translators and interpreters are critical partners

October 25, 2017 No Comments

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New Translations of the Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s historic founding document, has been translated and published for the first time in 30 languages. The original English version of the treaty was hastily translated into Māori and contained many differences in meaning that impacted the sovereignty and governance of Māori land and people. The Māori chiefs who signed the treaty did so based on the wording of the Māori version of the document, along with verbal explanations. For the new translations, both the English version of the text and the Māori version were

October 18, 2017 No Comments