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 … [Read more...] about Machine Translation and the Portuguese Language – Part 2
Blog Posts
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 … [Read more...] about Turning Times of Crises into Opportunity
Machine Translation and the Portuguese Language
Guest post by PLD member Marsel N. de Souza Portuguese is ranked 5th among the top ten languages in terms of the number of Internet users globally, behind English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic. In terms of the percentage of websites in Portuguese as a share of global websites, … [Read more...] about Machine Translation and the Portuguese Language
Global Events affecting Work Volume for members of the Portuguese Language Division
The year has started with a bang, and global events are sure to impact the volume of work for translators working from Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese. From a newly elected president in Brazil to the state of the economy, corruption investigations, climate change, … [Read more...] about Global Events affecting Work Volume for members of the Portuguese Language Division
Planning The Year Ahead
By Melissa Harkin, PLD Blog Editor Happy 2019, everyone! The new year is full of celebrations, resolutions, planning, and new beginnings—but it also brings tax filing deadlines on January 15th and 31st. Are you ready? If you live in the U.S., it’s tax season. If not, … [Read more...] about Planning The Year Ahead