9 intercultural love stories for language and movie lovers
Movies and series can be a great way to practice your language skills and to travel (at least virtually) to different countries. Provided...
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Caterina Piagentini
Jun 23, 20223 min read
The Power of Doing Google Search Right, for Linguists
Not everyone working as a translator realises that in order to be a good translator, you also need to be a good (or perhaps even an...
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Rachel Zayer
Apr 4, 20225 min read
Banning ‘foreign’ words: a linguistic or political exercise in language preservation?
Oh, how I was amused when I stumbled across this post on social media: “Marine Le Pen”, announces the headline, “wants to ban foreign...
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Rachel Zayer
Nov 16, 20215 min read
Calling yourself out on calling others
Ever accused someone of being deaf: “Are you deaf, or what?” Ever scoffed at someone for being “so lame”? How does it sound when put like...
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Caterina Piagentini
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Localising animation movies for a worldwide audience
We can all agree that there are some things in life that can be enjoyed by all ages, and animation movies are definitely one of them....
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Rachel Zayer
Sep 6, 20216 min read
Emoji: global emerging language or global fad? 🤷♀️♀
I’ll let you in on a secret: I did actually just google how to add emojis to Word documents. I wasn’t even sure it was possible. But it...
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Paula Vara Moralejo
Aug 23, 20214 min read
A look at multilingual podcasts
If podcasts were a person, they’d definitely be the new cool nerd kid on the digital block. A kid with an insatiable curiosity for the...
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Rachel Zayer
Jun 24, 20215 min read
Rhyme, rhythm and reason: Translating children’s verse
It was on a recent walk with my daughter that the idea for this blog came about. She was picking the petals off a daisy, one by one, and...
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Anne-Lise Vassoille
May 19, 20215 min read
Set in their ways or progressive: How do languages move with the times?
If translation is a form of art, as we often like to say here at Launch in Translation, then each language is the clay we mould to create...
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Caterina Piagentini
May 13, 20212 min read
Translating your product listings: Why you should opt for a professional translator
Today, most online sellers are on popular online selling platforms like Amazon (or are considering this instead of building their own...
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Paula Vara Moralejo
Apr 16, 20214 min read
How to nail your client’s tone of voice
Achieving the right tone of voice when translating or transcreating marketing materials for a brand is essential, yet tricky. Whether a...
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Marina Martinez
Mar 30, 20214 min read
The creativity backstage: Brilliant translations of film titles that differ from the originals
Having two hands does not make you a pianist and knowing two languages does not make you a translator. But to be a translator, you need...
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Rachel Zayer
Mar 11, 20214 min read
Colourful Language and the Art of Translation
If there’s one word that springs to mind when I think about the definition of “language”, it’s that language is “colourful”. And I don’t...
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Anne-Lise Vassoille
Mar 3, 20215 min read
How to translate local content for your native audience?
As we have already discussed in a recent blog about transcreation, an essential component of localisation consists in adapting the...
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Marina Martinez
Feb 11, 20213 min read
The Power of Transcreation
As you may already know, translating consists of reading and understanding a text in a foreign language to, later, generate a text with...
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Caterina Piagentini
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Translating content for social media: The importance of social media localisation
More and more businesses are turning to social media channels to establish their brands. From the well-known Instagram, Twitter and...
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Anne-Lise Vassoille
Nov 25, 20204 min read
To translate or not to translate, that is the question...
Let’s face it: As linguists, our natural tendency is to translate at all cost. Beyond our mere inclination to protect our own language...
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Anne-Lise Vassoille
Sep 28, 20204 min read
4 linguistic lessons we can learn from movies
"Are you talkin’ to me?"... The question needs to be raised, for, ever since their transition from silent to “talkies”, movies have given...
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