Latest posts by Marianna Breytman
Translator Newsletter: Language Laughs, Translation Agencies, & More!
Hello, GV'ers! Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about… How To Learn a New Language The good people over at Ted's Open Translation Project have come together to give us some tips on learning a new language! And who better to give advice on...
Translator Newsletter: Dialects, Modern Technology, & More!
Hello, GV'ers! Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about… ALTA's Translation Tip of the Week ALTA recently started a new series where they post new tips and best practices for translators every week. This week, they're talking about glossaries! Glossaries are useful when you...
Translator Newsletter: Bilingual Brains, Universal Understanding, & More!
Happy New Year, GV'ers! Welcome to our very first translator newsletter of 2016! I hope you all had a fantastic start to this year and are ready to talk about… English & the Internet Is English still the universal language of the Internet? Tech Insider says it is… for now....
Translator Newsletter: Native Speakers, Interpreters, & More!
Happy Monday, GV'ers! Hello and welcome to the last translator newsletter… of 2015! Had you there for a second, didn't I. I hope you've all been enjoying your wonderful holidays and are ready to sit back and learn about… Native Speakers As native speakers of languages, have you ever had...
Translator Newsletter: New Languages, Networking, & More!
Hello, GV'ers! Apologies for the delay in this week's newsletter. I've been battling a silly cold and spending the past few days looking a lot like this: Now that I'm slowly getting my energy levels back up, let's talk about… Teaching Yourself A Language Jhumpa Lahiri is one of my...
Translator Newsletter: Protest Movements, Free Webinars, & More!
Happy Monday, GV'ers! For those of us who celebrated Thanksgiving, we're coming back from a long weekend of staying home & eating 'til we can't breathe. So what better way to ease ourselves into our Mondays at work than to talk about… Translation & Protest Movements Mona Baker, Professor of...
Translator Newsletter: Roots of Language, Translating Europe, & More!
Hi everyone! Apologies for the delay in this week's newsletter. We're here now on this fine Tuesday to talk to you about… The Roots of Language Ever wonder what makes humans different from other animals? Paul Ibbotson and Michael Tomasello dive into this topic over on The Guardian and cover...
Translator Newsletter: CAT tools, Skype Instant Translation, & more!
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you're all having a great start to your week! Today in the fabulous world of translation, we are talking about… What Translators Do! Dr. James Hadley, a researcher in translation & translingual studies, recently wrote up a post on Talking Humanities about “how translation underpins...
Translator Newsletter: Amazon, Google Translate, & More!
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you're all having a great start to your week! Today in Translator Land, we are talking about… Amazon-funded translation BIG NEWS! Amazon's imprint, AmazonCrossing, announced on October 13th that it will receive $10 million in order to fund into-English translations of books so that English-speaking...
Translator Newsletter: Inventing Languages, How Languages Change, & more!
Happy Monday everyone! And a Happy [Belated] International Translator Day to all! I just wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for the amazing work you do for the Lingua Project here at GV. In honor of how much we love you & translation,...
