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Summer Time – Festivals and False Friends
18th July 2018
It’s summer – and summer means long sunny days, picnics and festivals. Wherever you are in the world, if there is one thing you can guarantee it is that there will be a festival. Whether music, literature, cookery or gardening there’s a festival for all tastes and ages. So, if you’re on holiday, on business […]
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I have a computer translator – why do I need Accutranslate?
27th June 2018
You might think that the ubiquity of machine translation these days, Google Translate and Microsoft Translator for example, means there’s no need for our services. After all, computer translators are free and quick — you put your text in, choose your language, press “enter” and out pops your text. What could be better? Well – […]
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Чемпионат мира Kicks Off with a Friendly Wolf
1st June 2018
Zabivaka™ ‘the one who scores’ in Russian, is the official mascot for the 21st FIFA Чемпионат мира (World Cup). And yes – it’s a wolf! But a friendly one who will entertain the crowds at the stadiums as Russia’s ambassador for football. At least, we’re assured he’s friendly… The referee will blow his whistle at […]
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What is a translator?
16th May 2018
John Dryden was an English poet, playwright and translator, who was made England’s first Poet Laureate in 1668. As a translator of classical poetry from Latin he had strong views on the role of the translator and used his own poetic skills to add to the translation, rather than just translating word for word. This […]
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Literary and Cultural Translation
26th April 2018
In Ireland this week the Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation was launched. As part of Trinity College Dublin, the new translation centre is the first of its kind in Ireland. In contrast the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia opened in 1989. With its rich literary history a similar […]
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Translation game to be released in 2018
4th April 2018
Exciting news from Cambridge-based inkle, who are creating Heaven’s Vault, a game where you uncover a lost past and decipher a lost language. It’s a great adventure game, featuring archaeologist Aliya Elasra and Six, her wheeled, semi-humanoid robot assistant. Aliya and Six explore The Nebula, an ancient network of scattered moons, finding cities and buildings […]
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