European vs Latin American Spanish What are the main differences between European vs Latin American Spanish? Spanish is possibly one of the easiest languages to translate for generic subjects. However, it has more problems than translating into German, French or...
Have you ever noticed how most adverbs in Romance languages end with -ment or -mente; whereas in Germanic languages you see endings like -ly, -lig and -lich? Ever wondered why? In fact, all the Romance languages regularly form adverbs from adjectives by combining the...
In many dense metropolitan areas around the world, the current pandemic is shedding light on the omnipresent—but so often forgotten—presence of urban flora and fauna. Our cities are blooming and bursting with wildlife! And the first steps towards conserving wildlife...
What is in a name? Well, actually, quite a lot sometimes. We often take the names of the things surrounding us — including the countries of the world — for granted. However, country names can have a rich history and often interesting facts behind them. Toponymy,...
We know our business What is the difference between Traditional and Simplified Chinese? Should a translation into English follow UK or US spelling rules? Does Korean use ideograms or an alphabet? What are the differences between European and American Spanish or...
Our memory is a fascinating thing: what we remember and how, why we remember some things better than others… Researchers from the National Institutes of Health may have an answer to this last question. Recent studies have discovered that certain words are more...
The language vs. dialect debate is a well-worn one. But did you know that sociolinguists are also researching the concept of religiolects? Religiolect is a term, coined by linguist Benjamin Hary, that refers to a language variant specific to a...
Adding Value for Customers The key to added value in translation is recognising that the initial translation is only a stage in the overall documentation process. Is this process over when you receive a particular translation back from your language service provider...
How a Chivalric Romance from Valencia altered the course of Literature What do you think of when you hear “the Middle Ages”? If you’re imagining knights and quests, dragons and damsels, you’ve been influenced by the chivalric romance. Today, novels are just as much...
The Homeric Question Ancient history is a fascinating topic. Partly because, the further back we go in history the fewer written records, and the less evidence there is. When it comes to events that occurred BCE — before the common era — a lot of heavily debated...