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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...

Caterina Piagentini
Jun 23, 20223 min read


The Pros and Cons of Machine Translation
Let’s get straight to the point: I cannot think of a single linguistic topic that is the object of more scorn and mocking than machine...

Anne-Lise Vassoille
May 20, 20224 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...

Rachel Zayer
Apr 4, 20225 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...

Marina Martinez
Feb 11, 20213 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...

Anne-Lise Vassoille
Sep 28, 20204 min read


Launching… Launch in Translation: the United Collective of Linguists
Welcome to our new initiative: Launch in Translation! A platform fuelled by the COVID-19 crisis and aimed at sharing our passion for and...

launchintranslation
Apr 25, 20202 min read
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