The challenges of translating punctuation
You should expect a good translator to not only translate words, but adapt content to a target audience’s culture, as well. And there’s...
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Alysa Salzberg
- May 15
What motivates people to learn a new language?
There are many reasons why translators and interpreters choose their career path. But what motivates people who aren’t planning to focus...
Alysa Salzberg
- May 8
Are some human gestures universal?
Translating and interpreting involve navigating the complexity of spoken languages. But are there ways to communicate certain basic...
Alysa Salzberg
- May 1
What to know about translating Spanish
Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world, and the second language with the most native speakers. This means, among many...
Alysa Salzberg
- Apr 24
How much of a threat is ChatGPT to translators?
AI can be used for a wide range of purposes, but, as its name suggests, when it comes to ChatGPT, what’s most captured the attention and...
Alysa Salzberg
- Apr 17
Why English won't quit the European Union
As a general rule, a lingua franca is naturally adopted and used by a population in order to understand one another across language...
Alysa Salzberg
- Apr 10
Does your video need subtitles?
Whether you’ve made a video for your business or hobby, congratulations! Now that it’s finished and ready to share with the world,...
Alysa Salzberg
- Apr 3
From the lab to Hollywood: How Ozempic became a pharma star
If you watched this year’s Academy Awards, you might have noticed the mention of a name that didn’t belong to a celebrity or a movie...
Alysa Salzberg
- Mar 27
Why this translator quit - and what we can learn from it
Recently, Kumar Sivasubramanian, a respected Japanese-to-English translator of animes and mangas, tweeted an announcement that shocked...
Alysa Salzberg
- Mar 20
Why does this study claim the pandemic had no lasting impact on mental health?
Whether you regularly keep up with medical news or simply spend a lot of time scrolling through social media, chances are you’ve heard...
Alysa Salzberg
- Mar 13
What does “healthy” mean in 2023?
Do you consider yourself healthy? However you answered, what do you think “healthy” means? This is what nutrition and exercise app Noom...
Alysa Salzberg
- Mar 6
Small ways to stop the big problem of medical jargon
Have you ever felt febrile? Do you know what it means if a radiography result is unimpressive? If you understand the meanings of these...
Alysa Salzberg
- Feb 27
What is the "replication crisis" plaguing medical research - and can we fix it?
When most of us read the results of a study that was conducted by a prestigious group of researchers and published in a respected medical...
Alysa Salzberg
- Feb 20
The truth about seniors and telehealth
When it comes to seniors’ telehealth use, there seem to be two stories. But which one is true? People over 65 are regularly listed among...
Alysa Salzberg
- Feb 13
Why some social media posts attract hate speech - and what to do about it
One of the worst things about using social media is getting hate speech in the comments section of a post. It happens to individuals,...
Alysa Salzberg
- Feb 6
Does the healthcare industry rely too much on AI?
A few weeks ago, many users of online mental health provider Koko were outraged when when co-founder Rob Morrison tweeted that the...
Alysa Salzberg
- Jan 30
Nonverbal communication and the doctor-patient relationship
When we talk about a medical language barrier, we usually mean one of two things: either a healthcare provider and a patient who don’t...
Alysa Salzberg
- Jan 23
Why do so many doctors fail patients with menopause?
A sad truth about medicine in America -- and in many countries around the world - is that despite making up half the world’s population,...
Alysa Salzberg
- Jan 16
When looking for a translation company, don't forget single point of contact!
How to choose a translation company for your project? It’s a question that might keep you up at night. Luckily, there are some helpful...
Alysa Salzberg
- Jan 9
Why this ineffective decongestant is still on pharmacy shelves
This winter, many people - maybe even you, dear reader - will probably purchase cold medicine at some point. But while a number of...
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