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What We Can Learn from Sapphic Poetry About the Flexibility of Contemporary Translation Services
Often, you find that several different translations of a certain work are considered correct even though they may be quite different. This is true of the Ancient Greek poet Sappho who was known for her love poetry. In one translation, one of her poems goes, “once I look at you for a moment, I can’t/…
The Case of the Feminine Blue Dress: Considering Vocabulary and Grammar in Translation Services
If you’re bilingual, you’ve probably been practicing translation on an informal basis for a while. Maybe you’ve been in social situations where you were surrounded by two people speaking different languages, and you had to make sure they understood each other. Or maybe you went to see a French film with an American friend and…
Understanding vs. Comprehending: Old and New Conventions in Professional Translation
When translating a document, a translator has the option of going with a more literal translation or one that more accurately expresses what a certain person is trying to say. For example, the verb “comprendre” in French can be translated as “to comprehend” which seems more literal because the two words are so close in…
“Savoir-Faire” vs. “Know-How”: How Translation Services Are Affected by Cultural Differences
Anyone who is bilingual knows that translation is a difficult procedure. Not only does grammar vary from language to language, but often, one language may have words which another language doesn’t have. How do you translate phrases such as “je ne sais quoi”? Technically, you would say, “I don’t know what,” but this really doesn’t…
Chaucer’s Intercultural Translations and How Translation Services Can Help make us more Cosmopolitan
Some of the first translations into the English language were done by Chaucer who adapted works written by Giovanni Boccaccio while writing A Knight’s Tale and Troilus and Criseyde. He also started a translation of Roman de la Rose, a French work, and the oevre of Boethius, which was in Latin. Obviously, he was a…
How Studying Plato’s Views on Language Can Aid Translation Services
Languages are so ancient that studying even the oldest texts can help in modern day translation services. The Ancient Greeks, who are known for their contribution to Western civilization first came up with an alphabet by adapting the one used by the Phoenicians, another ancient Semitic civilization. As a result, the works of Homer were…
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