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Translation News

Posted on January 18, 2017April 22, 2017 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, MARKETING, Traduceri Romana, Translation English, Written Communication

Here is the latest news straight from the ATA Headquarters: Roughly a third of all global research could be overlooked by the international scientific community because it is published in languages other than English. Scientific knowledge by non-native English speakers is often underrepresented in the dominant English-language academic journals, and there is a language-related imbalance … Continue reading Translation News →

Translation Quote of the Day

Posted on November 18, 2016November 17, 2016 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, Traduceri Romana, Translation English, Written Communication

"Translation is a journey over a sea from one shore to the other. Sometimes I think of myself as a smuggler: I cross the frontier of language with my booty of words, ideas, images, and metaphors." ― Amara Lakhous, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

Meaning Revisited

Posted on October 27, 2016April 22, 2017 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, COMMUNICATION, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, Negotiations, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, Translation English, Written Communication

So how do we make sense of words, sentences and texts? How are we able to decipher discourse and take part in conversation? What are the required elements of meaning and how are they glued together? Words usually have both a conceptual meaning (their literal definition in a dictionary, the reference they point to in … Continue reading Meaning Revisited →

What Is Cross-Cultural Understanding?

Posted on September 16, 2016April 22, 2017 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, Brand management, COMMUNICATION, CONSULTING ROMANIA, GERMANY, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, MARKETING, Negotiations, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, Translation English

“Try seeing, feeling, and tasting the water you swim in the way a land animal might perceive it. You may find the experience fascinating -- and mind-expanding.” ... “Each of the eight scales represents one key area that managers must be aware of, showing how cultures vary along a spectrum from one extreme to its … Continue reading What Is Cross-Cultural Understanding? →

An international glossary of untranslatable words

Posted on June 20, 2016July 27, 2017 by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, BRANDING, COMMUNICATION, CONSULTING ROMANIA, GERMANY, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, MARKETING, Negotiations, Presentations, Psychology, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, TRANSCREATION, TRANSLATION, Translation English

Tim Lomas, PhD, a lecturer in positive psychology at the University of East London, has put together an interesting international glossary of untranslatable terms dealing mostly with human feelings (emotions), relationships, or character traits. It contains entries from approximately 62 languages and it can be viewed here. Interestingly enough, this project reopens the debate about … Continue reading An international glossary of untranslatable words →