Jan 30, 2012

Need to know how to pronounce it?

If so, visit Forvo.

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Jan 1, 2012

En tildar y tachar, todo es empezar

Un excelente comentario de Pablo Herrero Hernández en su bitácora Defensa del Idioma.

Dec 13, 2011

Nota 382

Nota Terminológica 382 del Servicio de Traducción al Español de las Naciones Unidas (Nueva York). Cortesía de María Barros.

Nota 381

Nota Terminológica 381 del Servicio de Traducción al Español de las Naciones Unidas (Nueva York). Cortesía de María Barros.

Nov 6, 2011

Translating PDFs

Lorenzo Martinelli has posted a review of InFix, a PDF editor that would allow to extract text from a PDF document, translate it and reconvert your translation to the original PDF format.

This description is taken from www.iceni.com:
Fast, flexible, flawless PDF editing Infix PDF editor lets you open, edit and save PDF files. It’s easy and quick – you can change text, fonts, images and more. And, unlike other PDF editors, it works like normal word processing software, so it’s really easy to use. Sort out typos: correct mistakes in PDF files quickly. Reuse your PDFs: edit any PDF, without the source file Use less paper: fill in forms without printing It doesn't matter whether you change a single word, a paragraph, or an entire page. Infix is the only PDF editor that covers your back, reflowing and reformatting text to keep it looking good. Once you’ve saved a file, you can’t even tell it’s been edited.  

Oct 31, 2011

Typos: Google to the rescue

We are all familiar with the problems posed by typographical errors in your source texts. Sometimes it is easy to guess what word should have been used. But sometimes it is not.

It occurred to me to make a Google search with the words as they appear in the text. Google loves to correct your entries and will make suggestions. One of them may be the one you need.

Oct 30, 2011

Resurrecting the dead

In an earlier post, I mentioned Dominique Pivard's YouTube channel, an extremely useful resource.

If you need to convert "dead" PDF documents, do watch this Dominique's video on converting a dead PDF to Word with Wordfast Anywhere. Wordfast Anywhere is a free resource.

Oct 24, 2011

Presentación de la Nueva Ortografía

Un poco tarde, pero... aquí la tenemos.

Nota 380


Nota terminológica 380 del Servicio de Traducción al Español, Naciones Unidas, Nueva York (septiembre de 2011)

business impact analysis
análisis del impacto en las operaciones

co-benefit
cobeneficio

concept note
nota conceptual

concessionary financing
financiación en condiciones favorables

Convention on Rights and Duties of States (re: OAS)
Montevideo Convention (December 26, 1933)
Convención de Montevideo
Convención sobre Derechos y Deberes de los Estados

debt standstill
moratoria de la deuda

flagship publication
publicación insignia

General Regulations (of the World Food Programme)
Estatuto (del Programa Mundial de Alimentos)

Global Protection Cluster (re: Inter-Agency Standing Committee)
Grupo Temático Mundial sobre Protección

humanitarian dashboard
consola humanitaria

intern (re: staff)
pasante

internship (re: staff)
pasantía

Native Administration (re: Darfur)
Administración Nativa

real asset
activo real

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
SWIFT
Sociedad para las Telecomunicaciones Financieras Interbancarias Internacionales
SWIFT

Special Representative [of the Secretary-General] for Libya
Representante Especial [del Secretario General] para Libia

Task Force on International Financial Transactions for Development
Equipo de Tareas sobre las Transacciones Financieras Internacionales para el Desarrollo

trainee (re: staff)
contratado en prácticas

traineeship (re: staff)
contrato en prácticas

training of trainers
training the trainers
formación de formadores

travel-ban list (re: sanctions)
lista de personas sujetas a la prohibición de viajar

United Nations Support Mission in Libya
UNSMIL
Misión de Apoyo de las Naciones Unidas en Libia
UNSMIL

United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias de las Naciones Unidas para las Víctimas de la Trata de Personas, Especialmente Mujeres y Niños

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Oct 20, 2011

CATguruEN




CATguruEn is Dominique Pivard's YouTube nom de plume. Do visit his YouTube channel and watch the tutorial videos. These videos are another generous contribution by this master trainer.


Dominique is a Wordfast and MemoQ expert and trainer.