Posts about Languages
Translator Newsletter: Lists Upon Lists, Translating Activism, & More!
Hello, GV'ers! Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about… Machine Translation In Your Life I know, I know. This whole time we've been hearing about how terrible machine translation is, but can it really play an important role in our careers as translators? Spence...
Meedan and Lingua Partnering to Translate RightsCon to Spanish and Arabic
Lingua has partnered with Meedan to translate RightsCon tweets to Spanish and Arabic, from Wednesday, March 30 to Friday, April 1, 2016. RightsCon is the world’s leading conference convened on the future of the internet. This year will see a bigger, brighter, and better RightsCon, more dynamic and outcome-oriented than ever before....
Translator Newsletter: UN Internship Opportunities, Bilingual Social Skills, & More!
Hello, GV'ers! Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about… Interning at the UN! Ever dream of being a translator at the United Nations?! I know I have. Well now's your chance! The United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) is...
Translator Newsletter: Small Languages, Memes, and More!
Hello, GV'ers! Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about… The Ups & Downs of Freelancing Since many of us are freelancers, we know that a lot of the times it can feel like all or nothing. The Delaware Valley Translators Association wrote up this...
Translator Newsletter: Brain Architecture, Localization Events, and more!
Hello, GV'ers! Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about… Brain Architecture As people who speak more than one language, we all have those moments where we can think of a particular word in one language, but no matter how hard we try, we can't...
Nour's Quest for Freedom from Raqqa to Berlin
Nour was still living in Raqqa just over a year ago. After passing through Turkey, she has today managed to reach Berlin. Here is her story.
Every language in the world: Introducing Wikitongues
Wikitongues is a movement for human rights. Together with speakers and signers of every language in the world, we’re building the most inclusive cultural archive ever made, raising awareness about linguistic diversity and rallying to defend it. We’re a non-profit organization and volunteer community from around the world, which I...
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....
