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Jobs, vacation and the challenges of transcreation

Posted on July 31, 2021July 30, 2021 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, COMMUNICATION, CONSULTING ROMANIA, GERMANY, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, TRANSCREATION, Translation English, Written Communication

We're at the height of summer and, in many European countries, it's blessed vacation season. People are exhausted and can't wait to take a break from their jobs, to travel, relax, and have some fun. Because most people, it would seem, actually hate their jobs. Even before the pandemic, a global poll conducted by Gallup … Continue reading Jobs, vacation and the challenges of transcreation →

Mistake or Linguistic Innovation?

Posted on March 23, 2021May 28, 2021 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, COMMUNICATION, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, TRANSCREATION, TRANSLATION, Translation English, Written Communication

How do you feel about poetic licenses, lax grammar, and invented words? Is language a living organism, constantly evolving, or should a strictly standardized version be enforced? Here's what Romanian-French philosopher E. M. Cioran thinks: "A dead language (...) is a language in which you don't have the right to make mistakes. Which means that … Continue reading Mistake or Linguistic Innovation? →