Words from the Wardrobe
A blog about translation, languages and culture tailored to ensure that your strategy really works in your target countries.
Revision is an essential stage of any translation project
Avoid unpleasant surprises by revising your translations Technology. Innovation. Efficacy. Efficiency. Returns. Metrics. Conversion. Just some of the words that have revolutionised practically all sectors during the last decade, the translation sector being no exception.… leer más
What makes a good translation?
Speaking a language doesn’t make you a translator I’m sure you have heard a translator say that knowing a language doesn’t make you a translator. Today I’ll explain to you, with a recent example, why… leer más
What do translation and photography have in common?
Forget about choosing between words or images Today is World Photography Day. Although for many people an image is word a thousand words, words matter. However, I am not here to make you choose between… leer más
Meet my colleagues (I)
Amel Mokdad, Spanish/English/Arabic/French translator and interpreter I met Amel a few years ago at a translator meetup that I went to with my friend Eva. Back then, I didn’t imagine that I would end up… leer más
Translation: a tool to help fight fake news
How to stop yourself falling for hoaxes We entered the information age some years ago. The Internet opened the door to vast amounts of real-time content. So much so, that a few years later, we… leer más
Use subtitles and the original version to improve your language skills
Improve your skills during the lockdown In Spain, we are already in the second week of confinement. I’m sure that people around the globe are taking the opportunity to watch all those films and TV… leer más
8 worst nightmares for translators
BEWARE: this is really scary! The living dead, killer clowns, chainsaws and girls that talk to ghosts… TVs across the world are no doubt going to be screening back-to-back horror films this weekend, but translators… leer más
How to stop machine translation taking its toll
Post-editing is easy when you know how Every sector has a motto that ends up becoming famous, either because it is super powerful or just because it is repeated so much that it sticks,… leer más