In the light of the recent developments in the Ukraine crisis, this week we have chosen the term embargo. The Oxford English Dictionary defines embargo as “an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country” or just as “an official ban on any activity”. The origin of the term dates back …

Si nos sigues en Twitter sabrás que cada semana publicamos un tuit dedicado a compartir recursos para traductores. Con la ingente cantidad de información que

Hoy vamos a hablar de una Directiva que ha creado cierta polémica en nuestro sector profesional: la Directiva 2010/64/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 20 de octubre de 2010, relativa al derecho a interpretación y a traducción en los procesos penales.

Indeed, translation still exists since ancient times, but nowadays the image of a translator, working with a dictionary and a pen, has changed dramatically. Given the fact that computer-aided translation is spreading staggeringly; you may very well need a translation project management software and perhaps a translation memory and alignment software too. For example, if you do not use a translation memory to captivate a repeated phrase or expression so that you can re-utilize it in your future projects, you will have to translate and contextualize the same word or content repetitively.