Tag: culture
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Seven Super Skills: Progressing in Translation
Today’s post sees us move from the power of translation to the process of translation and, more specifically, to a look at the demands of this process. There are a number of vital skills required to produce high quality translations and here I put forward a selection of what I believe to be the most […]
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Intralingual problems: A look at localisation
Today’s post takes a brief look at a sub-section within a sub-section of translation: an interesting phenomenon within the world of localisation. And while I don’t really specialise in localisation myself, I have some experience of the process and find it a fascinating area. So what is localisation (or ‘l10n’ for the Twitter-savvy readers out […]
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Games gone global: Connecting board games and translation
The idea for this post was sparked by an advertisement I saw for a toy shop a few weeks ago. To my amazement, there was a ‘top selling’ board game advertised in which the aim of the game was to pick up dog poo… Yes, really. Entitled ‘Doggie Doo’, players take it in turns to […]
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