Common euphemisms in English normally concern religion, death or sex. Examples of these euphemisms are to sleep with instead of to have sexual intercourse with; departed for dead; and to relieve oneself for to urinate.
Many modern languages, especially in the Western world, originated from Latin and Greek. The reason for Latin and Greek being read left to right is not particularly well known, but an important theory is that the medium of writing strongly...
Are you an aspiring translator hoping to hit the jackpot with your translator salary? Or a potential translation student wondering "how much do translators make?" The myths about the highest paying translation languages can scare potential clients...
Derived from the Greek word διγλωσσία, which is defined as bilingualism, diglossia is a linguistic phenomenon in which a language has two varieties often labeled as a high variety ("H") and a low variety ("L").
The specialized meaning of the term...
The Chinese language opens more than one billion doors for communication. Since less than 1% of Mainland Chinese are conversational in English, learning or translating into Chinese can act as a very powerful stimulant to your business as it enables...
Many people wonder why they need to use a professional translation service. After all, an online translation tool could do just as well, couldn't it? Unfortunately, that line of thought couldn't be more wrong. Tools such as Google Translate can help...
You are not alone if you have ever wondered how many words a professional translator translates per day. Is there a limit to what a human translator can produce on a daily basis? This, however, is a tricky inquiry, and doesn’t have a definite...
The last decade has been great for India. Not only its economy has grown, but we can already see Indian heads at most big companies in the US and other countries, as CEO's or key personnel. This is not surprising: when we look at the recent...
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