Machine translation tools
MORE THINKING ABOUT MACHINE TRANSLATION TOOLS AND WHAT THEY MEAN BOTH TO THE TRANSLATION INDUSTRY AND TO ME PERSONLLY –…
Translation and getting it right
TRANSLATION AND GETTING IT RIGHT: THE TRUTH IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS EXPLANATION For all the contributions that the…
Debate on translation
ON THE DEBATE OF THE LINK BETWEEN TRANSLATION APPROACHES AND THE ELEMENT OF HUMANITY IN TRANSLATION PRACTICE With the digital…
Say whats on your mind
“SAYING WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND” INDEED FUSES WITH, OVERLAPS AND COMPLICATES THE ART OF TRANSLATION TO MAKE THE PRODUCT OF…
Risks in Marketing
MY MOST AUDACIOUS MARKETING MOVE II Way back on 3rd October 2011, I mentioned my most ever audacious marketing move…
Back to basics
LANGUAGES – BACK TO BASICS It may not have been that long since I was in Monaco, but already my…
Pretending to learn a language
YOU CAN PRETEND TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TRY TO REALISE WHAT I REALLY MEAN BY THAT), BUT YOU CAN’T…
Matching words with meanings
MATCHING WORDS TO THEIR INTENDED MEANING WHEN REPRODUCING THEM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE: UNSPOKEN “MIND-BASED DEVIATIONS”. INTERPRETATION SHAPES ALL KNOWLEDGE –…
This is translation experience
THIS IS TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE I have played the game Free Running on the PS2. If you beat the third and…
Translation Tools
ISN’T IT GENERALLY AGREED THAT PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS UNDERSTAND MACHINE TRANSLATION TOOLS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE (“AFTER ALL, THEY SHOULD DO”)?…