Leave the accent on? Take it off? What on earth is the rule when translating place names from Spanish to English! Unfortunately for you, there is no solid rule to help you out, so here are my thoughts on the matter… Within translating geographical names, there appears to be two schools of thought, one being…
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A legal and medical translator working in the Alicante region of Spain has managed to successfully change the medical guidelines surrounding the painkiller “Nolotil” due to its dangerous side effects for people of northern European origin. The translator Cristina García del Campo, realised through her work as a medical translator, that there must be…
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Think you’ve got what it takes to be a translator? Let me tell you one thing, no matter how experienced you may be, it’s always going to be the little things that will catch you out. Even the mightiest fall at the top. We have to start off with them false friends. You have the…
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Have you ever been stuck with a massive medical translation filled to the brim with terms and acronyms which are absolutely alien to anyone without a PHD? Don’t be alarmed. There are many ways in which you can search for information and produce a great medical translation without being overwhelmed by all the strange intense…
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There is a popular idiom that says “a picture is worth a thousand words”, and in technical translation this could not be more true.
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If you are interested in working abroad you will need certified translations of your documentation. A certified translation is a translation which is carried out by a authorised translator.
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