‘Key words’ could help signpost document translation
‘Key words’ could help signpost document translation What does document translation have in common with, say, reading a story, or getting a […]
Multiple-language learners may fall short of professional translation capabilities
Even if you have learned a second language to a good level of fluency, your ability to convert sentences between it and […]
Google campaigning to save the world’s endangered languages
3000 languages are currently at risk of becoming extinct. This amounts to approximately half of all living languages. Search engine giant Google […]
Tower of Babel
The upper house of the Spanish parliament has ratified the use Castilian Spanish, Basque, Catalan, Galician and Valencian, in its chambers. This […]
The Translation People wish you a Happy Burns Night
Celebrating the immortal memory of Robert ‘Rabbie’ Burns has become an institution in Scotland, the first ever Burns club being created in […]
Official changes in the offing for Spanish spelling rules
Members of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) met in Spain at the beginning of November 2010 to discuss imminent changes to Spanish […]
Business Language Champions
As part of The Translation People’s commitment to all things language related, the company recently became a Business Language Champion. This process […]
New English–Irish space science glossary launched
A new terminology guide entitled An English-Irish Lexicon of Scientific and Technological Space-related Terminology has been published in collaboration with the International […]
Gateways to Gaelic
Two new bilingual websites dedicated to the linguistic, historical and cultural aspects of the Gaelic language were launched in August 2010. Following […]
Denmark, Japan and Germany move towards the use of the English language in legal and commercial capacities
Recent months have seen steps towards the use of English as an official language in certain legal scenarios. Denmark made amendments to […]
Endangered indigenous language Noongar given boost by children’s TV show
Australian broadcaster NITV have launched the first indigenous language television show aimed at a younger audience. Children have been able to tune […]
Translations can influence entire cultures
Translations have always had a great influence on the lives of people all over the world, these days probably more than ever […]