Protests in Poland against fraud in voting laws and threats on media freedom

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Polish parliament was blocked these days by protesters, helped by opposition, with accusations of fraud in voting laws and threats on media freedom. Demonstrations were also held in several cities in Poland, including protests of environmentalists and miners. The demonstrators … Read More

Institutions, monuments and sights in Bucharest

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 (The interior of Parliament House, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:EPP_Congress_2364_(8096729413).jpg) In Bucharest are located the Parliament (House of Parliament or House of the People), the Government, and the Romanian Presidency. Also there are located numerous cultural institutions, such as the Romanian Academy (founded in … Read More

Localizing in translating the website content

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The reference group translators occasionally modify the contents of the texts they translate, but this is not done as routinely as adjusting the order of elements or the style and level of details. Among the clearest examples of localisation was … Read More

Economy and infrastructure of Bucharest

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(Financial Center Plaza, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Financial_Plaza_Bucuresti_1.jpg) Bucharest is the largest economic center of Romania. In 2010 the capital has made about 22.7% of the GDP of Romania and, together with Ilfov county, 25.3% according to specialized institutions, and GDP/inhabitant was with 240% … Read More

Contract Bridge

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Game type: trick-taking game Players: 4 Skills required: Memory, tactics, probability, communication Cards: 52 Deck: French Play: Clockwise Card rank: (highest to lowest) A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Playing time: WBF tournament … Read More

Localising in translation to match reader attitudes

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“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

Mark Zuckerberg’s utopia: Facebook City (Zee-Town)

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(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

Ethnic and religious composition of Bucharest

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(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

Cultural habits in the localization for the translation of a website

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(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

Advent symbols and traditions

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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

Take care of a new Facebook Messenger malware

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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

Localisation as a part of web translation

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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

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