Dirty Little Secrets for Translators

11
Aug

Video editor with human taste

With increasingly innovative video cameras now a nearly ever-present part of every facet of our lives, the tools to help us better utilize…

Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/08/11/disney-research-automatic-video-editor/

10
Aug

The Oxford Dictionaries Word of 2013 is…

It’s that time of the year again. With a fanfare and a drum roll, it’s time to announce the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year. The votes have been counted and verified and I can exclusively reveal that the winner is…

selfie

selfie blacknwhite

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/11/word-of-the-year-2013-winner/

10
Aug

Type accent, diacritics & other characters online

If you need to type anything in a foreign language which has accents and other strange-looking characters, just click on Typeit.

10
Aug

A translator’s best friend is…

Here are the results of this poll question on ProZ:

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Read more: http://www.proz.com/polls/4463

07
Aug

parentheses vs. dash

(Source: Grammarly.com)

The Parentheses

Parentheses are used to separate explanatory or qualifying remarks in a sentence. However, content within parentheses is typically not necessary to fully understanding the sentence. For example, “The summer solstice (between June 20 and June 22) is the longest day of the year.” Using parentheses to interject the possible dates of the solstice, as they vary from year to year, adds to the complete understanding of this sentence. But those dates are not strictly necessary; the sentence was fine without them.Read more…