Document translation to and from languages currently thought to be endangered could be safeguarded in the future thanks to the efforts of a project with almost £3 million in funding. The National Endowment for the Humanities and National Science Foundation in the USA have outlined $4.5 million of financial support for 43 separate initiatives designed…
Following our recent article on a Bible translation in script format, we have become aware of another unusual translation of the Bible: a translation into Marik, spoken by around 3500 people in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea. The unusual aspect about this translation is that Marik is only a spoken language and until…
Working in the translation industry definitely goes hand in hand with a sense of pride in my knowledge of the English language – the Birmingham branch of The Translation People often turns into something of a debate room when one of our German team asks for advice on a particular word or phrase, and the…
Last week we saw how Bradley Wiggins, the winner of the Tour de France 2012 and now Gold medallist at the Olympic Games in London, had won over some French hearts with his ability to communicate in their language. More recent coverage touches on how he always reverted back to English, his mother-tongue, when discussing…
You could be forgiven for expecting that document translation is a fairly emotionless process – but despite the need to adhere to the right tone of voice, grammar and spelling of the target language, emotions can still play a role. New research from the University of California at Berkeley and Bard College, New York, highlights…
‘Key words’ could help signpost document translation What does document translation have in common with, say, reading a story, or getting a web page into a search engine’s results? The answer is that all can begin with key words – the most important words or phrases in a text that carry the most meaning. Online,…
‘Key words’ could help signpost document translation What does document translation have in common with, say, reading a story, or getting a web page into a search engine’s results? The answer is that all can begin with key words – the most important words or phrases in a text that carry the most meaning. Online,…
Up until 9th September, the Bavarian State Library in Munich will be home to an interesting new exhibition which will cover the theme “Utopia and reality, constructed languages for the globalised world”. The exhibition will not only celebrate the 125th anniversary of Esperanto, but also the 100th year anniversary of Johann Martin Schleyer’s death. Johan…
Even if you have learned a second language to a good level of fluency, your ability to convert sentences between it and your native tongue may still fall short of professional translation agencies’ capabilities. That is because, unlike truly bilingual people who have grown up speaking more than one language naturally, those who learn at…
With so much in the news about London 2012, it interested us from a language service provider’s point of view to find out what role languages play in the Olympics games. And interesting it is: With 205 countries sending athletes to London this week to compete in the games, you could be forgiven for thinking…
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