Rafa Lombardino California Assembly Bill # 5, or AB5 for short, came as a result of a court case that went to the Supreme Court of California involving Los Angeles County and Dynamex Operations West, Inc., a transportation and logistics company. The purpose of this bill was to classify workers–mostly drivers–as employees. Now, the burden […]
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Machine Translation and the Portuguese Language – Part 2
Guest post by Marsel de Sousa Read Part 1 here. For quite a while, machine translation was the laughing stock of translators, language teachers, linguists… and virtually everyone else. Things have changed quite a lot recently, and the laughs are now less frequent. You can use machine translation in a number of ways – to […]
Happy Holidays!
We wish you a great holiday season, and may 2020 bring us joy, health, and interesting assignments!
Turning Times of Crises into Opportunity
Guest post by Juliana Pazetti The translator’s life sometimes seems very lonely, a life torn between projects, exchanging emails with clients, cats (for some dogs), and the routine at home. There is rarely a real interaction between translators and clients, whether they are agencies or direct clients. Few translators will sell their service in the […]
PLD-sponsored speakers and talks at ATA 60
By Rafa Lombardino and Melissa Harkin It’s that time of the year again: the ATA Annual Conference is right around the corner (October 23-26, 2019) and we will get together in Palm Springs, in sunny California, to catch up with friends and colleagues, meet new ones, network, exchange knowledge, connect with potential clients, and leave […]
It’s International Translation Day!
The PLD team has prepared a little something to celebrate our special day. Check out the video on our YouTube channel (subtitles—CC in Portuguese). The video’s text was taken from “A father, a daughter, and translation: from a passion for languages to the importance of translators”, by Walter Paulo Sabella and Melissa Harkin. Originally […]