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- Mar 7, 2016
What stops many mentally ill people from getting help? Their culture.
Mental illness affects millions of people worldwide. Add to that the people in patient’s lives, and the impact easily enters into the...
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- Feb 29, 2016
How a Strong Global Translation Partner Can Help Reduce the Usual Suspects in Medical Device Failur
Reasons why medical devices fail are numerous. Design flaws, lack of good manufacturing practices, not involving doctors, inadequate...
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- Feb 22, 2016
Cultural Competence: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
Introduction You are a physical therapist treating a patient of Chinese descent who is suffering from chronic back pain, and has...
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- Feb 15, 2016
Literary translators step into the spotlight
Over the past few years, Italian author Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels have become a quiet hit in the literary world, with acclaim...
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- Feb 8, 2016
Inside the mind of simultaneous interpreters
Last summer, I wrote about a list of ten things you should never say to a translator. One of the ten things was questioning why a...
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- Feb 1, 2016
Want a Smarter, Healthier ‘Noggin? Become Bilingual
When I tell people I work at aiaTranslations, complete strangers excitedly ask me what languages I speak fluently. I usually mumble...
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- Jan 25, 2016
The three worst mistakes translators make, according to Nabokov
“The Art of Translation”, a 1941 essay by Russian-American novelist and translator Vladimir Nabokov, is a reminder that there are some...
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- Jan 18, 2016
Three Reasons Why Machine Translations Fail
The idea of machine translations can be an appealing one — particularly in the fast-paced world of social media. After all, who wouldn’t...
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- Jan 11, 2016
Is it better to learn a foreign language or computer coding?
Florida senator Jeremy Ring recently sparked controversy by proposing a bill that would change state high school requirements: Students...
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- Jan 4, 2016
What This Top Ten List Says About Dictionaries…and Translation
When I came upon this list of Merriam-Webster lexicographers’ ten favorite definitions, I expected to discover some really poetic,...
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- Dec 28, 2015
New Year’s traditions around the world – and one resolution we’d like to see this year
As the year is winding down, a lot of us are thinking of how we’ll ring in the new one. Although many cultures celebrate New Year’s Eve...
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- Dec 21, 2015
How to master gift-giving across cultures
For many of us, December is a month that involves buying and giving gifts. This year, you might feel inspired to get some for loyal...
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- Dec 14, 2015
When native languages are more important than a lingua franca
It’s not often that an editorial is mentioned on a translation news website (yes, those exist). But this editorial was, and it’s easy to...
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- Dec 7, 2015
What makes a perfect translation project manager?
When we think about translation, it often seems like a straightforward concept: Take a document of some kind, and translate into another...
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- Nov 30, 2015
Going Global With Influencer Marketing
Remember that girl in seventh grade who always had the hottest, latest cropped jacket or denim skirt, and made sure everyone else wanted...
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- Nov 23, 2015
Acknowledging all Family Caregivers
November is Family Caregiver Month, a time to acknowledge the many hardworking individuals who tirelessly support their parents,...
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- Nov 16, 2015
The key to a successful international social media presence: Lose the ‘bot
Today, most companies and organizations need a social media presence. Most of us know it’s a great way to promote your service or...
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- Nov 9, 2015
What Makes a Language Service Provider Innovative?
International Talks In a world saturated with companies all claiming to be the best language service provider (LSP) out there, it is...
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- Nov 2, 2015
The disadvantages of back-translation
As the well-known quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko implies, a beautiful translation is not faithful, and if it is faithful, it is most...
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