The mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart has continued for decades. It’s been 80 years, in fact, since her plane vanished into thin air, somewhere over the Pacific. However, in a new documentary by the History Channel, Amelia Earhart The Lost Evidence, experts believed…
If you’ve managed to break into an international market, you already have a lot to be proud of. But now you’re facing some new dilemmas. Mainly, language barriers that require business translators on staff to smooth any miscommunication. But how do you maintain effective communication…
You already know that learning a language is good for your resume, social skills and college application. But, did you know that learning a language can make you happier as well? Seriously, hitting the books, working on your app, or taking your online classes might…
It’s not a fair question, of course. The factors are many. The characteristics that distinguish languages are diverse. And everybody learns differently. How can we pin down one that we all agree is the easiest language to learn? And yet, we must try. Something compels…
Have you ever posed the question of whether women make better translators than men? The gender issue often comes into play in many careers, maybe even all careers. You don’t see many women scientists, or mathematicians, just as there are fewer male preschool teachers and…
Have you ever looked at a foreign script and wondered why the letters look the way they do? Why is Thai so curly when Roman characters are angular? How did the Arabic script get such elegant, arching strokes, or the Hebrew writing system its compact…
Expert knowledge of the Spanish language can give you a lot of opportunities. As a global language, Spanish allows you to travel the world. It’s the national language of 20 countries and enjoys the enunciation of 437 million speakers worldwide. But if you want to…
All month, Day Translations has been celebrating ten years of excellence as a translation agency. We’ve had the chance to showcase some of our incredible translators who have helped us come this far and we’ve shared in the celebrations with customers and employees alike. As…
Our anniversary translator series features some of the top translators who have been with Day Translations since the early years. Folks like English to Spanish translator, Ramiro, are the people behind our famed human powered translations. Ramiro’s expertise is part of the engine that makes Day…
We often take it for granted that we all see the world the same way. But did you know that some languages don’t differentiate between green and blue? The blue-green distinction is a focal point for the study of the development of language. This color…
To carry on with our anniversary translator feature, we’re showcasing more people working hard behind the scenes! I had the pleasure of interviewing Belén, an Argentinian English to Spanish translator who’s been with us for almost eight years. Throughout our feature series, we’ve come to…
People new to translation services often ask the question: What is a Certified Translation? A certified translation is a statement signed by a translation services company representative or the translator who carried out the translation. It attests that the final target language translation is an…
