“You can only convince Swedes through facts, not words. The web texts should explain what has been achieved, not tell how great we are.” The Swedish and Slovenian translators, in particular, mentioned that they avoided using writing styles that might … Read More
(The mock-up of the new headquarters of Facebook, Menlo Park, 2016) Facebook City, or Zee-Town (from Zuckerberg) is an important project from 2012, for the creation of a new ideal city/urbanization of about 80 hectares, by Mark Zuckerberg, founding CEO … Read More
(Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Flickr_-_fusion-of-horizons_-_Catedrala_Patriarhal%C4%83_(2).jpg) The ethnic composition of Bucharest: Romanian (85.95%) Roma (1.27%) Unknown (11.68%) Other ethnicities (1.1%) The religious composition of Bucharest: Orthodox (84.31%) Roman Catholics (1.17%) Unknown (11.8%) Other religion (2.72%) According to the census conducted in 2011, … Read More
(Venice, Italy) “The readership of websites is more varied than the readership of legal texts, which makes adopting the most appropriate style a matter of thought.” To the extent that the Internet has its own mode of expression – more … Read More
In Catholicism, The great Os, sometimes called “Major Antiphons”, or “O before the Christmas”, are antiphonies sung of Vespers of Advent in the week preceding the Feast of the Nativity. Tradition had been respected since about the eighth century in … Read More
In accordance with CheckPoint, the ransomware visrus is also present on LinkedIn. Usually, the computer is infected by a download of a .svg image that redirect to a video requiering tu install a pseudo-extension needed to rule the video. A … Read More
LISA, the Localisation Industry Standards Association defines localisation as “the process of modifying products or services to account for differences in distinct markets”. Commercially, localisation is typically carried out by retailers of imported products or by software companies to adapting … Read More
The “Star of Bethlehem” or “Christmas Star” is the sign that, according to the Gospel, announced to the Oriental Magi the birth of Jesus. The Christian tradition (The star guiding the Magi, mosaic of Ravenna, beginning of the 6th century, … Read More
One of the greatest changes the interviewees have experienced on moving from one of DGT’s language departments to web translation is that they feel that the reader is closer to them, and this is a tremendous boost for their motivation … Read More
Web site design services and companies, ecommerce, software, web hosting
(Christmas market in Köln, Germany, in front of Cologne Cathedral, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Weihnachtsmarkt_Dom_2011_1.jpg) A Christmas market is an outdoor market associated with the Christmas celebration and traditionally held during Advent. There is everything about the Christmas party but also about Saint Nicholas. … Read More
“When translating, you have to check things, find information etc; it is difficult to measure the amount of this work.” There are two major differences in the organisation of the Web Translation Unit as compared to the language departments: first, … Read More
