These seven maps and charts, visualized by The Washington Post, will help you understand how diverse other parts of the world are in terms of languages. Read the full article here: Washington PostThese seven maps and charts, visualized by The Washington Post, will help you understand how diverse other parts of the world are in […]
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Companies are now paying attention to India as a global internet buyer/consumer of goods, services and content. There are 1.2 billion people in India and are increasingly affluent, savvy internet users and buyers. So it makes sense to reach out to India. The official languages in India are Hindi and English. The languages that are
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Food as identity The “melting pot” in American cuisine is a myth, not terribly unlike the idea of a melting pot of American culture, notes chef Dan Barber (TED Talk: How I fell in love with a fish). “Most cultures don’t think about their cuisine in such monolithic terms,” he says. “French, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian
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Having lived in Gramercy Park, in New York City for a time, I thought it might be sweet to name this topic like so. Or maybe not…. Elvira Medina, CadenceTrans.com “All is” vs. “all are” Q: I was momentarily confused by this. Is it: “All is returned to normalcy” to “All are returned to normalcy.”
When you need to check a student’s test results, let’s say, a biology exam, do you ask your cleaning lady to do it? Of course not. I had a client a while back and my best Chinese translator translated the document. A few days later, this client complained that the translation was bad. The first
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CADENCEtrans’s Comment: This article discusses the pitfalls to a brand strategy that does not address the uniqueness of a market like China. Very few companies have had success in introducing their brand without localization. By Randall Frost Global marketing for packaged goods involves greater product and branding differentiation. When a brand owner seeks to appeal
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THE PRODUCTION BRIEF: ( A series of commentaries on day-to-day issues) IF IN CHINA, …. WELL, IT DEPENDS…. A client asked for Chinese translation and said that they wanted to publish the document in China as well as in Taiwan and Hong Kong. I gave the client an estimate for Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional.
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It is interesting how phrases from a different language have come to be used a great deal in English. Consider, for example, the Latin phrase “carpe diem,” generally translated as “seize the day.” Perhaps if this phrase had originated in English, it may have sounded a little odd. How do you “seize” a day? “Seizing”
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People tell me the translation industry is doomed by Google Translate. I have more faith in the human process than the naysayers suggest. I use the analogy of artesanal products as what translation is all about. I look at our process and what we do is like digital embroidery and I celebrate the uniqueness of
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