Senior writer covering language, culture, and the people who carry both across borders.
Senior Writer
Senior writer covering language, culture, and the people who carry both across borders.
About
ernadine Racoma is a senior writer at Day Translations covering language, culture, and the small everyday acts of translation that make global life work. Her features lean toward the human side of the industry — the lives of interpreters, linguists, and the communities they serve.
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Travel and tourism is a huge industry and translation is never behind this industry sector. The tourism and travel industry contributes nearly 10% into the total GDP of the world and the sector is one of the biggest employers in the world. While the industry…
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Scientifically, bilingualism means an individual is able to use at least two languages. The level of proficiency and use of the two can change based on the chances to use the languages and the exposure of the individual to other speakers of the said languages….
Copyediting and proofreading are two of the translation QA processes to ensure that the translation conforms to client’s requested style. The style guides the flow and nature of the entire translation. It is determined by the style of the original author, which the translation team…
Scientists and linguists have conducted various studies and researches on how language shapes the way people think and behave. Language is part of culture and culture has an effect on the way a person thinks, which initiates behaviors. Chinese American behavioral economist Keith Chen, an…
Translation work allows you to encounter many beautiful words in different languages, although some do not have an English equivalent. These foreign words are quite descriptive in their original language and if you learn what they mean, you’d wish that there are English words like…
It’s one of those questions you probably wanted to ask but you keep forgetting. Why don’t British singers sound British when they sing? Adele, who has a distinctive London accent, sounds American in her hit songs, notably different from the way she normally speaks. Irish…
The eyes and ears of many people around the world would be glued to their TV sets, radios, cellphones, tablets, laptops and other electronic devices to follow the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in a few hours. If you are one of…
Europe is the origin of some of the greatest civilizations and cultures of the world. It is diverse culturally and linguistically. But some of its mysteries still await discovery. One would think that Europe is a vast continent. However, its land area is just about…
Annually the UN celebrates English Language Day. The worldwide event occurs on April 23, with the aim of promoting cultural diversity and multilingualism. It is also the UN’s objective to use all the official languages of the organization equally. English Day coincides with the celebration…
Each year on April 23, UNESCO and the rest of the world celebrate World Book and Copyright Day. It is a very important day for international book publishing because it is a worldwide celebration to promote reading and enjoyment of books. About 100 countries and…
In the Awareness series of the United Nations, April 8 is declared as International Romani Day, to celebrate their culture as well as elicit awareness regarding the issues that the Romani people face today. This special day for the Romani people was declared at Serock,…
The first day of April is a great day for pranksters and jokesters, as this is the day that they celebrate April Fool’s Day. Even the media is not spared from this. There have been incidences reported that seemed real but were in fact carefully…
