false friends Archives - MultiMedia https://www.telework.ro/en/tag/false-friends-en/ Știință și filosofie, afaceri online (web design, marketing, traduceri, cărți online, rețele sociale), artă. Știința informației (data science, business intelligence). Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:00:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.telework.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-logostore-32x32.png false friends Archives - MultiMedia https://www.telework.ro/en/tag/false-friends-en/ 32 32 2257885 False friends in translation https://www.telework.ro/en/false-friends-in-translation/ https://www.telework.ro/en/false-friends-in-translation/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:16:22 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=5085 False friends are words from two different languages that have a great similarity in shape but whose meanings are different. When they have some common meanings, they are “partial false friends“. For example, in Italian, ricetta means “recipe (for kitchen)” … Read More

The post False friends in translation appeared first on MultiMedia.

]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/false-friends-in-translation/feed/ 0 54328 EU Translation Guide: Beware of false friends, jargon and abbreviations – Avoid false friends https://www.telework.ro/en/eu-translation-guide-beware-of-false-friends-jargon-and-abbreviations-avoid-false-friends/ https://www.telework.ro/en/eu-translation-guide-beware-of-false-friends-jargon-and-abbreviations-avoid-false-friends/#respond Fri, 23 May 2014 14:24:07 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=4528 False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages that look similar but differ in meaning. In a multilingual environment like the European Commission, we often mix up our languages. Borrowing between French end English is common. … Read More

The post EU Translation Guide: Beware of false friends, jargon and abbreviations – Avoid false friends appeared first on MultiMedia.

]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/eu-translation-guide-beware-of-false-friends-jargon-and-abbreviations-avoid-false-friends/feed/ 0 54261