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 remember our time as high school students in Spanish class. First, we translated a sentence into Spanish, and then we translated it back into our native language, English, to check and see if the meaning was correct. And so, the purpose of this back …
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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 section. The History of Vernacular Languages These types of languages are always the result of the union of the different civilizations that passed through a particular region before the formation of the language proper. …
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 for you to identify these words. What are untranslatable words? These are mainly words that have no equivalent in other languages due to their specificity. It can be a pun, the use of a term with a completely different …
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 product’s potential buyer. For this reason, it’s important to communicate in their language. A translation agency is the solution to successfully address your expansion. Communication is the key to success when undertaking a project in a new market where there happens …
In a country with as much tourism as Spain, one of the services that is requested the most from translators is the translation of restaurant menus. There are thousands of visitors from England, Germany, France, or Italy, among other countries, who spend a few days of rest and tourism with us. These tourists, who are looking for sunshine and fine dining in Spain, need to have everything translated to perfection. Specifically, when they want to eat at a restaurant, they …