Jacqueline David – Dec 12, 2016 Whenever I tell people that I am an accountant, after the “how do I save money on taxes” conversation we move onto the “i’m not good in math” comment. Oh really…even the easy kind of math? Most people already have the skills to do their own accounting, they just don’t know …
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How DeepL helps you with translations…. jlelse – Sep 6, 2017 We all know Google Translator. We all make fun of its translations on one occasion or another because they are sometimes just bad. Only in order to understand the meaning of a foreign-language text, it is enough. But what if we want to write an …
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Rilind Elezaj – Jan 22 Not every language structure is the same as English. As English speakers, it is easy to forget this seemingly common sense sounding fact. Languages differ, lettering characters differ, and writing styles differ from language to language. Most designers and developers do not keep this in mind and assume that once the …
How difficult do you think it is to tell how a person is feeling or what he or she is thinking without asking? You don’t necessarily have to be a psychic or have special powers to be able to do it. You only need to pay close attention to the person’s body language. Whether we …
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Andrew Lucker – Mar 15, 2017 Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is selling bunk theory. The formal theory is called the critical age hypothesis by Eric Lenneberg(1921–1975), and yes it is no longer canon. All research points in a slightly different and perhaps noncontradictory direction. Adults can learn language like children, just that they don’t and probably will not. Not a satisfying …
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The choice of a reliable partner to help you communicate your products, brand and foreign operations is crucial. The correct translation of legal documents, attractively written website or easily understandable manuals are all important to the success of your business. If you need an adequate translation of your documents, you will most likely consult a …
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Originally published in German in 2016 at the height of the refugee crisis, Pierre Jarawanʹs debut novel deftly captures the multi-layered existence of those who are forced to leave their homeland. Newly available in English, “The Storyteller” is a moving tale of the quest for personal identity. Richard Marcus read the book. The story is …
A professional translator is the star of Malaysia-based biscuit company Julie’s Manufacturing’s newest campaign in China, which aims to challenge the notion that only short-form videos work in the country. The 15-minute-long film, produced by Govt, tells the story of a translator named Jonathan Huang, who helps others communicate professionally, but is unable to do …
A translator does not transcribe a text, he argues, nor do they rewrite it May 21st 2019 by A.P. FOR A long time, translators had a hard time of it. They were underpaid and under-recognised by the literary establishment, rarely mentioned in reviews of the titles they worked on. But as foreign fiction has gained popularity—according …
From a Japanese masterpiece to a gothic horror set in Baghdad … which novels to read following the Man Booker International prize. Translations make up only a tiny proportion of the literary fiction published in the UK, but as a survey revealed in 2016, they punch well above their weight in sales. The boom driven by writers …
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