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Linguistic Diversity in the US Hits Record High
More than 20% of US residents speak a language other than English at home, the American Community Survey has found, and this percentage has almost doubled since 1980. In real terms, 66.6 million US residents now speak a language other than English at home and this number has doubled since 1990 and tripled since 1980, survey […]
Translation quality assurance: sophisticated term or a vital part of a translation project?
Translation quality assurance is essential in any sphere of translation business but can be critical in medical, legal, accounting, and technical documentation. Lousy translation can influence business and in certain cases could even cause a loss of life. Given the pressures that can be on a translator, I feel that translators need some kind of support. After all, […]
Language, thought, and manipulation
You might be familiar with the concept that language and thought are intertwined. The idea goes back to the time of Ancient Greece. The Greek philosopher Plato believed that we cannot experience the world but through language, and Prussian philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt thought it to be the fabric of thought, an idea that was […]
