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Have you ever seen Woody Allen talking in German fluently? Or Robert De Niro joking in Chinese? Actors can “speak” more languages than they are really able to. This is thanks to the techniques used to translate film dialogues into foreign languages. One in particular is dubbing. This technique allows people from almost everywhere in […]

Kató Lomb (1909-2003) was a Hungarian translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world. She was able to fluently interpret in more than one language (10 to be exact) and could translate technical literature in 6 languages. Altogether, she was able to work with 16 languages, most of them she learned herself without

We may remember this topic from school but looking back over it cannot do any harm. Lets look at some of the most important dates in the evolution of the English language and nation in general. HISTORY 449 –  Anglo-Saxon tribes invaded Britain (before-Roman influence on original inhabitants Celts). The early influence of Latin upon English

The myth of studying abroad, isn’t it almost a cliché nowadays? Many students who finish secondary school in Europe dream to broaden their horizons by going abroad. Getting to know new cultures and ways of thinking, finding themselves with people who may become friends for the rest of their lives. These students have great aims

Nowadays, since the market has grown globally, companies have acquired customers from all over the world. These customers speak a large number of different languages. In this article we analyse how companies face the problem of dealing with multilingual customer care. We will also look at the taking advantage of machine translation. We will also give

Food & Drink Conference & Exhibition TRANSLIT exhibited at Food and Drink Conference at Citywest Exhibition Centre, Dublin on September 13th. This was the second year for us to be back. The Food and Drink Conference was a large event. It gathered a lot of food and beverage processing, retail and services providers. It also

Language of customer experience What do you normally do when you order a pizza, and delivery is delayed? What would be your first action when your train gets cancelled? Have you experienced receiving a package shipped from other country but it does not belong to you? What would you do? The first thing I would probably

As a company grows globally, its language related requirements also increase. The most common types of interpreting for a business, for example, would be conference interpreting. This is when a company hold meetings or conferences that need a multilingual interpreter to convey the message in a target language. For international companies, hiring interpreters who are

Do you speak more than one language? Are you bilingual? Do you want to start a new career? If the answer is yes for all the above questions, then you might have the perfect profile for this career. But are you good enough to become an interpreter? See below the main characteristics and what’s required