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La traduzione è una cosa seria

Se s’intende raggiungere un vasto pubblico, un testo di qualsiasi tipo (es. letterario, tecnico-scientifico, ipertesto, ecc…) deve essere tradotto nel modo più accurato possibile, in modo da conservare...

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Happy International Translation Day!

First of all, I’m wishing all translators, interpreters and students specializing in Translation and/or Interpreting a happy International Translation Day, which is celebrated every year on September...

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My Life in Translation… with a Mac

As you might already know, I bought my first Mac in November 2009, a MacBook Pro, to be exact. I really like it, the OS is really stable and hardly crashes, but… It’s hard to find dictionaries on...

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Consecutive Interpreting Techniques Fascinate Me

Yes, you read right. Since each interpreter has his/her own note-taking style (it can differ in structure, the way words are written/abbreviated, the symbols used or even in the language in which notes...

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My Greeting Card for This Year!

Yes, it’s definitely a tradition of this blog to wish you a very happy International Translation Day with a greeting card! International Translation Day is celebrated every year on September 30th on...

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Communication as Translation

This post is about what I learnt in class today. Each communication act can be considered a translation. Not necessarily should communication acts be between two languages or cultures, you can even...

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The Way I Translate

I’ve just finished translating part of a text I’m going to deliver in the next few days (the deadline is on the 10th), and I was reflecting on how I usually translate a written text. I go through...

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Guest Post #002 – Learn a language while translating the web with Duolingo

Gisele Navarro Mendez, My Life In Translation‘s second guest blogger, is a SEO consultant, has experience as a web writer and works with a leading language school in London. She defines herself as a...

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When Translators (and Language Students) Meet the Rest of the World

MYTH: Translation/language students and translators/interpreters are living dictionaries. REALITY: Yes, we speak more than one language. No, we don’t know all the words in a given language. It’s...

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10 Things You Should Never Say to a Translator

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