By Sarah-Claire Jordan Practically every major science journal you have ever heard of is in English. This isn’t exactly a coincidence, however. Since science is such a broad and collaborative field, it seemed necessary at some point in the past to decide upon a sort of scientific lingua franca and stick with that. As with […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Geordie refers to anyone from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in North East England, as well as the dialect of English spoken by the natives there. The Geordie dialect has become more popular in British media, as it tends to sound friendlier and more melodic than other British English dialects. Aside from pronunciation differences, there are […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Native English speakers tend to notice how many English words are used in other languages while ignoring the words they use everyday that were originally Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and more. English is one of those languages that has no qualms about taking a foreign word and anglicizing it if there isn’t an […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan If you have ever talked to someone in English whose native tongue is a Scandinavian language, you probably noticed that they speak almost perfect English. The same thing happens with native German speakers, as German is very similar to English, but it might be less obvious as to why native speakers of […]
Where were you born? Where do you live now? I was born in Poland. I moved to England in 2010. Where did you go to school? (High school/university/special institute/other training?) Do you have any industry or topical training that you bring to your translation work? […]
Thank you to translator Barbara A. who worked on this project. Background During the last five years, the Municipality of La Falda in Argentina saw rapid growth in its influx of foreign tourists. La Falda is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Argentina where the main economic activity is tourism. The authorities decided […]
Kapka L. was born in Ruse, Bulgaria and she currently lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. After attending University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, Bulgaria, Kapka graduated from the English Language School in Ruse. Kapka specializes in translation services in tourism, general engineering, development, design, architecture, structural and civil engineering. She has been a […]
Tsiuri P. was born and lives in Tbilisi, Georgia in the USSR. She studied Aviation in school in Tbilisi and has been a translator for 20 years. Tsiuri specializes in the legal, government, military, technical and medical fields and works with European organizations and companies such as Twinning and TACIS. Tsiuri is multilingual; she speaks […]
