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FALSE FRIENDS: A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

False friends can change the meaning of your message. Avoid the pitfalls caused by these foes of effective communication. False friends look innocent. That is, until you use that familiar-sounding word in a foreign language,

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KEYS TO IDENTIFYING FRAUD IN TRANSLATION

The language services industry is a sector that is vulnerable to attacks by ill-natured people who directly or indirectly aim at businesses, primarily to obtain economic benefits. Fraud is now a common occurrence in our

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THE VALUE OF HUMANITARIAN TRANSLATION

All professions entail a clear business approach that aims to satisfy the inherent need of humans to access goods and services that cannot be obtained individually. This is ultimately explained by the law of supply

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INTERPRETING: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Interpreters have been playing a key role in our society since Ancient Egypt. Discover how interpreting has evolved throughout history. Interpreting is all about enabling communication between speakers of different languages. Being a bridge across

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TRANSLATION TESTS

There is high demand for work in the language services sector and an even greater supply of professionals wishing to be involved in this business activity. As is expected, within the context of labor competition

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PREFERRED TERMINOLOGY

In the language services industry, there is common ground between professionals who fully understand the nature of their work and people who, despite being outsiders of this world, form a specific idea of the commercial,

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THE ECONOMICS OF LANGUAGE

One of the most rehashed, although true, sayings about the nature of language as a human ability is that it is similar to a living organism. Each of these languages arises at a moment in

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PUNCTUATION MARKS: KEYS TO WRITING II

Learning to write correctly is one of the most important requirements for a translator to master. As is well known in the profession, translators usually must have a broad command of terminology in the sectors

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RECURRING ACRONYMS IN TRANSLATION

If there is an undeniable trend in our current communication style, it is language economy. In other words, human beings are social by nature and, therefore, we seek to establish relationships through interpersonal interaction with

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