By Darien Mejia Now at days becoming a certified interpreter is just the first step of professionalization. The true challenge is staying current to the ever changing treatments and discoveries that day to day the world of medicine faces. When we as interpreters take the time to prepare for our assignments, we are a step …
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Ruth Gledhill – 08 AUGUST 2019 The historian Eamon Duffy has criticised a new Bible translation as guilty of ‘flaccid’ waffle and ‘casual inaccuracy’ An academic war of words has broken out among leading Catholic scholars over the Revised New Jerusalem (RNJB) translation of the Bible. The world-renowned historian, Professor Eamon Duffy, of Magdalene College, Cambridge, …
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What is being translated in the Arab world does not exceed 1% of the total volume of translated material on Earth. The Arab Weekly – Hassan Ouazzani 03/08/2019 Data released by the French Publishers Association indicate that the number of Arabic books translated and distributed in France in 2018 did not exceed 90, while the …
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Mark Robinson – August 1, 2019 Genesis 11:9 tells us that “the Lord did there [the Tower of Babel] confound the language of all the earth”. Whether Yahweh anticipated the commercial opportunities this move would afford is difficult to say, but according to MRFR Analysis, the global translation service market is expected to grow at an annualised …
Ankur Shah – July 22, 2019 In the age of globalization, progress, and innovations, many companies benefit from using translation and localization. Here is who benefit most of all. Companies that underestimate the role of translation services and website localization will not achieve success in the global arena. While some organizations use free converting tools, others recruit entire teams …
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Sapiens author said he had authorised revisions to all his books in order to reach ‘diverse audiences around the world’. Alison Flood – Fri 26 Jul 2019 14.32 BST Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari has acknowledged that he authorised replacing criticism of Vladimir Putin with criticism of Donald Trump in the Russian edition of his bestseller, 21 Lessons for the 21st …
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You’re at a work meeting when all of a sudden your Chinese colleagues begin conversing in Mandarin. You would either do three of these things: Pretend like you understand them. Whip out your phone and “disappear”. Write an essay on Facebook about what had just happened. Remind them to speak in English. For Roshen Maghan, …
16 July 2019 , By Maite Francois Nowadays, anyone can get a translation in a matter of seconds online. But while a machine translation is excellent for getting a general idea of the meaning of a text, it can get you into all kinds of trouble if you are relying on it to be 100% accurate. Translating …
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Kristina Adams – May 31, 2018 I believe that the key ingredients of all great writing are the same. However, many writers disagree with me. Novelists often find copywriting soul-destroying and avoid it as much as possible. But if you want to reach more people — and compel those people to purchase your books — you need …
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How to avoid being white poop. I came across this compelling article that really got me thinking about my earlier life. I don’t think people give our four-legged counterparts the respect they deserve. For your own sake, it’s important not to assume animals are stupid. Case in point, disregard ‘expert’ suggestion that you engage in …
