Rafa Lombardino, PLD Blog Editor We have all had to adapt during the global pandemic. And students are among those who have had to drastically change their routines in order to continue making progress in their studies. From elementary through high school kids and college … [Read more...] about Teaching Translation Amid the Pandemic (Part 2)
Blog Posts
From Get-Together to Live Sessions: An Online School That Brings Professionals Closer
Rafa Lombardino We interviewed Damiana Rosa de Oliveira, one of the co-founders of Escola de Tradutores (“School of Translators”) and A voz do tradutor (“The Voice of Translators”) podcast, to learn more about what translators, interpreters, and copy editors have sought … [Read more...] about From Get-Together to Live Sessions: An Online School That Brings Professionals Closer
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 … [Read more...] about Machine Translation and the Portuguese Language – Part 2
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