March 2008

More cringe-inducing madness from the mass translation market

by Sara on March 6, 2008

Today I was browsing online translation workplace Proz.com when I stumbled upon this question asked in the “Kudoz” terminology forum. The question is an interesting one (how to translate “cascader” into English). What is cringe-inducing, however, is the disturbing lack of concern for the confidentiality of customer documents. This is clearly an internal document and [...]

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Words by the pound?

by Sara on March 5, 2008

The past few months have been busy ones, at least in my corner of the translation industry (corporate communications, including financial). The crisis currently buffeting the financial markets has generated a lot of analysis and commentary – all of which needs to be translated! This surge in demand has brought with it a bevy of [...]

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