Post facilitated by Melissa Harkin, PLD Blog Co-Editor It has been a known fact for translators and translation theorists that language is a political tool. After WWII, translations started being studied and thought of as records and expressions of culture rather than as simple … [Read more...] about Translating the Autistic Community
Translation & Interpreting
Should remote interpreting be last-resort interpreting?
Post facilitated by Daniel Maciel, PLD Blog Co-Editor If you are an interpreter, it has been hard to get away from the rise in the profile of remote interpreting. It’s not that there have been any massive technical breakthroughs. Suppliers have simply managed to leverage … [Read more...] about Should remote interpreting be last-resort interpreting?
Gender and Diversity in Translation
Post facilitated by Melissa Harkin, PLD Blog Co-Editor Intellectual neutrality is not possible in a world of exploitation and oppression. – Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza [1] I have always been an avid reader. I remember arguing sometimes with my parents as a child because I … [Read more...] about Gender and Diversity in Translation
Como entrei para a localização de games
Sempre digo que entrei no mundo da tradução por amor. Não por amor à tradução, exatamente. Afinal, quando criança, nunca sonhei em ser tradutor e, crescido, formei-me em História. No entanto, sempre gostei de idiomas e, autodidata que sou, aprendi a falar inglês sozinho, graças … [Read more...] about Como entrei para a localização de games
ConVTI – Interview with Gio Lester and Márcia Nabrzecki
Technology and innovation are at the heart of the translation and interpreting industry and this year was no different. From remote interpreting to neural machine translation, 2017 was brimming with fancy buzzwords and actual change from people who dare to make it … [Read more...] about ConVTI – Interview with Gio Lester and Márcia Nabrzecki