Warning! April Fools’ Day is just ahead Nothing compares to April Fools’ Day when it comes to holidays. Despite the fact that its origins are uncertain (some people attribute the celebration to the beginning of the spring) every year, on April 1t... Read more

Laughter can be considered the universal language, right? After all, a good laugh is something people from all cultures enjoy, without a single doubt. However, humor across countries is very different. We all love laughing but we just... Read more

There are excellent translated documents that truly transmit the essence and core ideas of a source document. They end up being valuable and interesting outputs for the target audiences, which is the ultimate goal of taking a document from a source into... Read more

Have you ever wondered why is St. Patrick's Day celebrated? Here’s the tale:March 17 is the day of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick was born at 387 in Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, Scotland. His father was an officer of the Roman armyt... Read more

When people ask why you feel so passionate about languages, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Have you ever wonder what you enjoy the most about being a bilingual (or multilingual)? It could be any reason, but mainly it’s because you just love learning languages. Simple as that... Read more

When people ask why you feel so passionate about languages, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Have you ever wonder what you enjoy the most about being a bilingual (or multilingual)? It could be any reason, but mainly it’s because you just love learning languages. Simple as that... Read more

A hundred years ago, in 1917, women protested for ’bread and peace‘ in Russia and this movement derived in the tsar’s abdication, starting a new type of government. This Russian Revolution changed the history of the country and the world, but not only did that but also changed the scenario for women across the globe... Read more

If you go a dictionary, you will quickly get what the concept of an Isolating language is - a language in which each word form consists typically of a single morpheme, in a way that all words are morphologically unanalyzable. You’d certainly understand it better if you translate the definition into examples. Examples are Classical Chinese... Read more

The translation industry is ever-changing. In fact, it is a subject to many technological innovations. One of these innovations is the use of CAT tools. A Computer Aided Translation tool is a computer program aimed to help language service providers. It is important to understand that they are not automatic translation tools... Read more

Translation is one of the biggest industries worldwide. Considering there are many languages, it makes sense that there are different possibilities of combinations for language pairings, there are different kinds of services provided, etc. Translation services are, indeed, an integral part of the global... Read more

When talking about corporate localization it is important to remember that this is a strategy located at the end of standardization. And in order to fully grasp the meaning of the previous sentence, perhaps it is better to start with some definitions. Regarding localization, is a strategy that brings a shift of focus to the plate within an organization... Read more

The International Mother Language Day is a very important festivity for language lovers and linguists, but the truth is that February 21 has a higher meaning that most of the people think. It is the day when citizens across the world, from the biggest cities to the smallest communities, celebrate the language diversity and the wonderful fact... Read more

Presidents’ Day is one of the most patriotic holidays in the United States. The reason is simple: American people get together and honor the lives of former presidents, especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. What makes this... Read more

Valentine’s Day has become a popular celebration across the world. With its origin on the story of a priest who married young couples in secret, this day is all about celebrating love and since love is universal, many countries around the world honor it in different ways. They say the language of love is universal, yet each culture has some... Read more

This globalized era offers a variety of opportunities for businesses that know how to connect with customers. The key for this connection is, first of all, speaking the clients’ language. This, along with the need for exchange of information, has led to an increasing demand of linguistic services for any kind of sector... Read more

Hispanic countries are the perfect destinations for tourists. Those nations combine diverse rich cultures and unique people. Plus, they master a language that influences 442 million of native speakers, (non-native speakers arrive at 100 million), and that is the third most popular language on the Internet. The tourists that master Spanish can experience the Hispanic experience... Read more

Computer Aided Translation tools, or simply known as CAT tools, are an important asset. Today, translation is more important than ever due to a globalized world where the demand for multilingual documentation keeps growing... Read more

Back in the old days, when companies expanded their business in a foreign country, the solution was simple: they just needed to translate their product information and advertising materials… or at least this was all they thought was needed the volumes of work translation agencies manage are... Read more

Knowing more than one language in these times of technology and development allows you to find many job opportunities. One of them is to be able to work from home as a translator or interpreter, since there are many companies that give you the opportunity to work for them as a freelance translator, as well as Translator Pub... Read more

The translator is a professional with the ability to take a text in a source language and change it into a new language, making it understandable to the speakers of this target language.But the role of a translator goes beyond that. They have to understand in an exceptional way the document he/she is translating because they are different situations where a translator can get in trouble translating a document into... Read more

It is a fact that Globalization and technology have taken over our lives. Gates to the outside world have been opened to us and now we can connect with anyone around the world. Therefore, it is very important to have a good multilingual approach to ensure professional and personal success. Today, companies dare to enter markets of different cultures and this is the reason why it is so important... Read more

New beginnings always generate expectations, doubts, and some excitement. However, to the Translation Industry, 2019 is a year filled with more challenges, research, and innovation. Among them, innovation in technology is the leading flag leading the way for this industry. In fact, the impact of technology on... Read more

As new challenges come with a new year, working on your own also poses a new set of demanding tasks to face. Paradoxically, the tricks from being a freelancer derive from being your own boss. On the other hand, being a freelancer comes with several benefits and many of them translate into working from home, being in control of your time, and choosing who you work for... Read more

Each part of the world has its own way to live the holidays. For example, not all cultures celebrate the New Year’s Day on January 1st, like the Chinese calendar or the Islamic calendar (Hijri New Year). The ‘Rosh Hashaná’ (Hebrew New Year), was last September 12th, and the Nowruz was celebrated on March 21st (based on the Gregorian calendar). Experienced translators give consideration to nationality and cultural aspects like that in order to always be... Read more

It’s that time of the year! As the year is coming to an end, we celebrate Christmas with our friends and family with gifts, lights everywhere, Christmas trees and lovely dinners. There’s something special about this day, like a sense of wonder looking at all the beautiful lights, the decorated Christmas trees and everything... Read more

We know this has been a good year for all our members, since we have seen thousands of completed jobs in our platform. The satisfaction of a good job for both agencies and freelancers reflects in the constant growing of our community, which now counts with 19,839 users (19,804 freelancers and 35 agencies).

The end of a productive... Read more

It’s that time of the year! As the year is coming to an end, we celebrate Christmas with our friends and family with gifts, lights everywhere, Christmas trees and lovely dinners. There’s something special about this day, like a sense of wonder looking at all the beautiful lights, the decorated Christmas trees and everything... Read more

Sometimes, funny wrong expressions in a billboard are meant to be noticed to provoke a laugh. In fact, certain brands base their entire marketing efforts in this style of communication. Spelling errors, however, can also be an accident. With good or bad results, who knows? It all depends on the luck factor. When a global company is arriving to a new market, ... Read more

Saint Nicholas Day is a highly popular holiday in different countries around the world, especially in Europe. The Saint is so profoundly present that, depending on the local culture, he can be the patron saint of children, sailors, the falsely accused, young women or merchants... Read more

A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language, called the proto-language of that family. Linguists describe the daughter languages within a language family as being genetically related. They have often used trees and branches as metaphors to explain and map the connections between language groups.

There are thousands of spoken languages in the world and most can be traced back in history to show how they are related to each other... Read more

The translation industry is constantly growing and thought translators are the most prominent professionals, there are many other career fields in this industry.

Translation is about allowing communication while converting the information from a source language to a target language. This process often involves different roles including Project Managers, Editors, Proofreaders, among others... Read more

Computer Aided Translation (CAT) is a type of human translation supported by specialized software. The technology assists a translator’s tasks by providing translations for phrases or sentences that they have translated before – thereby increasing productivity. In fact, a CAT tool is one of the most critical in a translator’s arsenal.

Unlike Machine Translation (MT), which is lightning-fast but requires rigorous post-editing, CAT... Read more

Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays. It’s officially the beginning of holiday season and an amazing opportunity to get together with our beloved ones and enjoy their company. Every November, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of the month. Families across the U.S. gather for a traditional turkey dinner and watch the Macy’s Parade or some matches.... Read more

Veterans Day is the day we remember and honor all men and women who have fought in combat since World War I. It is marked each year on November 11th, the anniversary of the signing of the armistice (cease-fire) that ended that war. The armistice was signed in 1918, and President Woodrow Wilson first began the tradition of it as a day of American national remembrance in November 1919. In 1938, it became an official national holiday, and in 1954 it became known as Veterans Day instead... Read more

National Author’s Day is celebrated each year on November 1. Allegedly, the origin of this day is thanks to Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, who was president of the Illinois Women’s club. McPherson was a teacher and avid writer who, apparently, wrote a fan letter to fiction writer Irving Bacheller to express her love for his story “Eben Hoden’s Last Day A’Fishin”... Read more

No one would disagree with the claim that language and thought interact in many significant ways. Different theorists have tried to explain this situation in different ways. The linguistic relativity principle is the idea that the varying cultural concepts and categories inherent in different languages affect the cognitive classification of the experienced world in such a way that speakers of different languages think and behave differently because of it... Read more

When working as a freelancer, you are not just doing your regular job. You are multitasking. You need to offer your clients the very best of you, and that means performing a great project management, being assertive and having clear accounting reports. When you started your freelance career, you probably thought it would be easier than actually is. That you will be in the best financial moment... Read more

Digital translation offers different advantages including saving time and costs. However, finding the right translation tool may be harder than expected because it requires some specific analysis regarding the needs of each company... Read more

One of the most common questions is whether all human beings think in a similar way—regardless of the language they use to convey their thoughts—or if the language we speak affects the way we think. This question has entertained philosophers, psychologists, linguists, neuroscientists, and many others for centuries.. Read more

It was almost midnight of the deadline date and the project wasn’t finished. A hard noise came from the window that almost paralyzed the dedicated translator that was struggling with the most difficult glossary of his entire career. Trembling, he went to check that everything was in order, thinking that perhaps the small but bloodthirsty goblin had returned. He sighed in relief when he realized that it... Read more

Freelancing is attractive to professionals of different sectors and Translation is one of them. A freelance business gives more flexibility in numerous ways. At its core, it refers to offering a skill in exchange for payment. If you’re just getting started, it’s likely that you are unsure about how to find new clients or get opportunities... Read more

Project managers from all types of companies often need the services of professional translators. Those project managers have multilingual communication needs almost daily, as their subsidiaries are based overseas and their business partners speak different languages. Unless a Project Manager (PM) contracts a linguist, he/she would have a horrible time communicating with.. Read more

Being your own boss implies much more expenses, responsibilities and discipline than working for a company. The freedom to choose the projects you prefer, having a flexible schedule and working from anywhere you like, are advantages you can only achieve as a freelance but they come with a price.

First, you need to have more structure and self-motivation, because as anemployee you just follow the... Read more

Interpreting consists in rendering a spoken or signed language into another one while maintaining the meaning and intention of the source language content.

The demand for interpretation and translation has been around for centuries in the history of humanity and, with the evolution of technology, some practices were enhanced or automated. In fact, nowadays interpreters can work remotely and through different... Read more

The history of a language is a passionate topic. Latin was the basis for most languages. This universal language was originally spoken in Latium, in the Italian Peninsula. Through the power of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language, initially in Italy and subsequently throughout the Western Roman Empir... Read more

Selecting a master in translation studies

The fast pace of the world moving and the rise of competitiveness requires professionals to continue studying and developing. A master is an academic degree that can be pursued after completing an undergraduate program. A Master in Translation Studies is a good choice for linguists who are passionate about intercultural communication.
There are multiple options all over the world, and all of them are designed to prepare proficient ... Read more