Why do translators have healthier brains?

Posted by 40dots / News

A study from the University of Edinburgh has examined the impact of bilingualism on cognitive aging and found that learning a second language may slow down the decline.

Fighting Alzheimer’s

Bialystock’s research also showed that bilingualism had a marked effect on fighting the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. She conducted a study looking at 211 individuals with Alzheimer’s, which found that those who were bilingual had been diagnosed on average 4.3 years later than those who were monolingual. The bilingual cohort had also reported the onset of symptoms 5.1 years later than their monolingual counterparts.

Blossaries – TermCoord

Posted by 40dots / Tools & Equipment

A new amazing possibility to create and share knowledge. Trainees, Students and Translators are encouraged to upload easily their own blossary on this page. Blossary, a platform of online glossaries, gives you the possibility to create your own personal lexicon.

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28
Nov

Specialize, don’t generalize!

Posted by 40dots / Training

A recent study by Career Advisory Board and MBO Partners revealed that 90% of freelancers felt that having relevant technical skills and a specialty within their field made them more successful. Here are just a few reasons why freelancers specialize:

1. Clients want experts.

2. Clients trust experts.

3. Your work will probably be of higher quality.

4. Experts are more memorable.

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27
Nov

The real story of “OK”

Posted by 40dots / Usage

“OK” is certainly one of the most common expressions in the English language – and one of the most versatile. After all, it can be used as an adjective, a noun, and a verb.

But what do the letters in OK stand for? And where did the expression come from in the first place?

Over the years, a variety of explanations have been offered. Some have argued that OK came from the Native American Indian tribe Choctaw’s word “okeh.” Others have suggested it came from a word in the Wolof language of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Nouns: concrete, abstract, collective & compound

Posted by 40dots / Grammar, Usage

Concrete nouns: People, places, and things are all concrete nouns. They’re things you can see or touch such as kittens and puppies, trees and flowers, sticks and stones, and cities and countries.

Abstract nouns: They’re things such as concepts, feelings, ideas, states of mind, and attributes. For example, honor, loyalty, courage, truth, and freedom are all abstract nouns.

Collective nouns: They describe a group of things, usually people, such as team, band, group, class, committee, etc.

Compound nouns: Compound nouns are usually nouns that are made up of two other words, and they can be formed three different ways: 1) open compounds (two separate words, such as coffee house), 2) closed compounds (two words that are now written as one, such as football), 3) hyphenated compounds (two words that are joined by a hyphen, such as collar-bone).

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