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When one language dominates the terminology

“Kiss your Julys goodbye,” someone told me a few years ago when I started watching professional cycling. He was right. The Tour de France is upon us and now, along with WordPress, my e-mail, and a translation I’m reviewing, I have two browser tabs dedicated to today’s 4th stage, a [...]

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Fisher Tool Co., Inc. v. Gillet Outillage
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion the other day in a case that involved, among other things, an apparent mistranslation. Mécanisme à cliquet was translated into English as “ratchet mechanism,” a mistranslation the opinion claims “certainly isn’t clear on its face, since French-to-English dictionaries support [...]

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When a translator just has to be right
We can all point to instances where a translator or interpreter can’t afford to be wrong: instructions for a medical device; tolerance tests on an airplane wing; planning of a terrorist plot. An article from today’s Boston Globe illustrates one of those times.
It reports on a New [...]

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A couple recent news items illustrate the role translators and interpreters play in politics and international security.
The Taipei Times reported that China’s President Ma Ying-jeou gave a speech last week in Tokyo to a Japanese delegation where an interpreter error soured the President’s otherwise fraternal message. Blamed on poor sound volume, a portion of [...]

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Pricing remains stable in translation industry

Business globalization research and consulting firm Common Sense Advisory just put out this press release, claiming that our $12 billion industry is not suffering from the sluggish economy. According to the press release, as globalization increases there is a growing demand for translation, so translators and translation services have not [...]

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