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October 5, 2020

International Translation Day

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Every year, translators, interpreters, and terminologists celebrate International Translation Day on September 30. The day also marks the feast of St. Jerome, the translator of the Bible, who is considered the patron saint of translators.[…]

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April 8, 2019

Top 5 misconceptions about translations and translators (first part)

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Most of those who occupy this profession were at one point or another in the middle of a conversation where, speaking of this discipline, the interlocutor had a sort of preconception about the translator’s activity.[…]

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October 22, 2018

What are the qualities of a good translator?

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Let’s begin with what is obvious and fundamental: a translator or a student at the Translation Department should know at least one foreign language and their native language. This statement may seem a banality, but[…]

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July 2, 2018

What is written translation?

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Written translation is a creative process. It is much more than the conversion of words or groups of words, basically is the adjustment to foreign cultures, uses, behaviors, and manners. There are different types of[…]