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Booting a computer in Spanish
Spanish speakers often complain about the influx of English words into modern Spanish. It's quite common for borrowed words to be gradually replaced by more native words, perhaps over a period of years. Here's an example. Computer processors don't really contain any...
Spanish racehorse?
Just heard a Spanish reporter talk about an English racehorse called - or so it sounded - Eslimpi Kins. Only when I saw it in writing did I realise it was Slim Pickings! No Spanish syllables start with "s" plus a consonant. Instead, an "e" is added so that the "s"...
Technical translation: foam systems terminology in Chinese
By Shang Er-na, Quicksilver Translation (Shanghai) 压力式泡沫比例混合装置（foam system） 笔者今天来谈谈压力式泡沫比例混合装置。 压力式泡沫比例混合装置即压力式泡沫罐(concentrated tank)，是用来储存泡沫液，并通过PHY压力比例混合器(proportioning mixer)，利用由泵供给的压力水，将泡沫液按一定比例置换出来后与压力水混合成混合液的装置，由于胶囊将泡沫液与水隔开，泡沫液一次未用完，下次可继 续使用，而且混合精度稳定、可靠。...
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Don Quixote and Mexico
Why do we write Don Quixote with an x when in Spanish it's written "don Quijote"? And why is it "Don Quichotte" in France and "Don Chisciotte" in Italy? When Cervantes wrote the novel in the early 17th century, he wrote "Don Quixote de la Mancha", pronounced kish'ote...