Someone said that books are enjoyed most in their original language. In my opinion, whoever said that never met a good translator. As I have mentioned in previous entries of this blog, a good translator must actually ensure there is no evident difference between a piece written in its source language and its translated …
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DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SAME STORY — THE MOST TRANSLATED BOOKS WORLDWIDE
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LET’S TALK ABOUT TRANSCREATION
At first glance, transcreation looks like an intriguing word. Don’t you think so? This word caught my attention since the very first moment I heard it, right away. But the appeal of the word is not the reason why I decided to write about the transcreation process and the relevance it has in the …
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LOCALIZATION OF VIDEOGAMES -EXPLAINED PLAINLY AND SIMPLY-
Have you ever thought about moving out and all that is involved in the process? Going over this is easy. It means leaving one place and start living somewhere else. It sounds simple, isn’t it? But moving out also involves a number of things that maybe we don’t often thing about. And …
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ARRIVAL
Recently, we watched a quite interesting sci-fi movie titled “Arrival”, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. This film raises a very appealing topic for the translation and communications sector. A translator and language professor is summoned by the U.S. Army to help decoding the language of visitors from …
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