The worldwide web must also be wordwise. Slowly but surely, we’re getting there. In today’s interconnected world, is language really still a barrier? The answer is yes, but not for long. The world’s population is projected to reach seven billion by the end of 2011. Nearly two billion of these…
It is no exaggeration to say that bolstering foreign language education for ensuing generations is vital to our nation’s economic and national security. Imagine a storeroom full of hundreds of hours of audio recordings and documents in Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, or Korean. The materials might hold the clues to prevent…
7,097 languages are spoken today. That number is constantly in flux because we’re learning more about the world’s languages every day. And beyond that, the languages themselves are in flux. They’re living and dynamic, spoken by communities whose lives are shaped by our rapidly changing world. This is a fragile time: Roughly…
The table below lists the official language of each country as well as other languages spoken. In selected countries, the percent of the population that speaks each language is also given. Afghanistan Dari Persian, Pashtu (both official), other Turkic and minor languages Albania Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek…
I readily admit I do not have the capacity to translate any of my books into Spanish. Though I am proud of my heritage, I stopped speaking both Spanish and English for a full year beginning at age three. My parents were in a panic and took me to be…
French translators have had a tough time translating Donald Trump’s speeches into the language of Molière. Translator Bérengère Viennot believes the new US President is difficult to translate because “he seems not to know quite where he’s going,” she told the LA Review of Books. The first step for a…
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the nuisance of communicating in a different language? In a Wall Street Journal article, technology policy expert Alec Ross argued that, within a decade or so, we’ll be able to communicate with one another via…
إذا كان مجال عملك في الترجمة، فمن المهم معرفة هذه المهارات وإجادة هذه الوسائل التي تساعدك على التميز والإبداع والحضور الفعال في هذا المجال الحيوي مهما كان مستواك وخبرتك.
Jonathan Blum When it comes to tea, knowing the local language is what turns leaves into profits, according to Elyse Petersen, CEO of Las Vegas-based online marketplace Tealet. Petersen travels to China and Japan several times per year to source products; the problem is, no one on her four-person staff…
نضع هنا أبرز المهارات المطلوب تعلمها وممارستها لتطوير مهنة المترجم الإعلامي، تسهل عليه أداء مهمته بشكل احترافي وتضعه على طريق اكتساب الخبرة في هذا المجال.
