International Conferences 2015: February

Durham (United Kingdom), 7 February 2015: Theoretical Frameworks and Methodologies: Research in Translation Studies. Third Durham Postgraduate Colloquium

Gent (Belgium), 19 – 20 February 2015: International Colloquium on Multilingualism and Interpreting in Settings of Globalisation: Asylum and Migration

Lecce (Italy), 19 – 21 February 2015: Language & Technology: Methods & Environments for Language Learning & Applied Linguistics

Perugia (Italy), 25 February 2015: More Than One Language in the Brain: Acquisition and Coexistence (MorLang 2015)

Copenhagen (Denmark), 27 – 28 February 2015: Substance and Structure in Linguistics

Paris (France), 26 – 27 February 2015, Workshop on (Co-)distributivity 2015

translation conferences 2015

20
Jan

Convert Excel files to TMX (online tool)

Posted by 40dots / Tools & Equipment

Convert online Excel files (xls, xlsx) to TMX

http://translatum.gr/cgi-bin/excel-to-tmx.pl

xlsx/xls/tsv > tmx is part of a series CAT conversion tools developed by Translatum

This tool converts the following types of files to a tmx memory file. It accepts as input the following types of files:

The tech terms computer dictionary

Posted by 40dots / Other

The Tech Terms Computer Dictionary is a free online dictionary of computer and technology terms. The goal of TechTerms.com is to make computer terminology easy to understand. While definitions of computer terms can be helpful, explanations with examples are even better. Therefore, most TechTerms.com definitions include real-life examples of how the term is used.

The online tool covers the following categories: Internet, Software, Hardware, Technical, File formats, Bits and bytes, Tech acronyms.

tech dictionary

16
Jan

The translation sales handbook – Luke Spear

Posted by 40dots / Books

A roadmap to higher rates, better clients
The online version of the book (2014) is available for free here.

Luke Spear translation books

14
Jan

Are bilinguals really smarter?

Posted by 40dots / News

Many people believe that bilinguals—people who speak two languages—have an advantage over monolinguals on tasks that require executive control. “Executive control” is a term used by psychological scientists to refer to the management and regulation of specific cognitive processes like working memory and task-switching (shifting attention from one task to another).

Belief in the so-called bilingual advantage (BA) is based on a large number of scientific studies. These studies have repeatedly demonstrated that bilinguals, as a group, perform better than monolinguals on tasks that involve task-switching or inhibitory control (the ability to block a cognitive response).

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