While the use of abbreviations is completely acceptable, they sometimes bring about linguistic conflicts. The reason is that they are often not written correctly. Which are correct? Which are completely made up? Let’s find out the pros an...
From time to time, a translator faces the following question: should a brand name be translated? In this post, we’ll tackle this question and provide some examples of translations to illustrate what can be done with foreign brand names. S...
Here at blarlo, we have a community of 4000 translators who work from over 110 countries. Many of them are feeling the blow of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Blarlo reached out to them to see if there was anything we could do, and to know...
If oral communication is essential in learning at an early age, it is also possible to give your university education an extra boost with the help of techniques like parallel text. Let’s see what this is all about. What parallel text is u...
So you’re a writer, you’ve written a book, and you have a million questions for your publisher. These include those related to the global world and the possibilities that this entails. Possibilities that inevitably lead to the n...
It’s important for a good translator to master their language and possess good spelling, grammar, punctuation, and writing skills, among other aspects. Translation strategies are more individual in nature. They are the set of mechanism...
Finding an acronym in a text is always a cause for doubt for translators. If you offer translation services, the following information might be of interest to if you wish for your texts to comply, to the fullest extent, with the current sta...
Why back translations are so useful and their use in professional translations. Back translation can be defined as the translation of a document that has already been translated back to its original language. For example, let’s rememb...
Vernacular refers to the language of a given place. In the science of translation, it is important to know the history of the source language to make it easier for you to grasp the true meaning of the text. We’ll go over this in the next ...
If you plan to offer translation services in the future, you should know that there will be several words you won’t be able to translate. In this article, we’ll explain why, and we’ll offer some practical examples to make it easier fo...
The copyright and translation of a text fall under the umbrella of audiovisual adaptation rights. They allow us to promote a work and give it greater visibility. It is essential to match a text to the right translator and further his or h...
We currently live in a globalized world, markets are open to competitors from anywhere in the world and who speak different languages. But when it comes to expanding into a new market it is absolutely essential to connect with your productâ...