Translation Notes

En tildar y tachar, todo es empezar

2012-01-01T17:22:00.001-05:00

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

Nota 382

2011-12-13T20:06:00.001-05:00

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

Nota 381

2011-12-13T20:03:00.005-05:00

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

Translating PDFs

2011-11-06T12:55:00.004-05:00

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.

Typos: Google to the rescue

2011-10-31T09:52:00.001-05:00

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.

Resurrecting the dead

2011-10-30T12:57:00.001-05:00

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.

Presentación de la Nueva Ortografía

2011-10-24T15:27:00.006-05:00

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

Nota 380

2011-10-24T14:50:00.001-05:00

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)

CATguruEN

2011-10-20T17:14:00.004-05:00

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.

Evítese...

2011-10-02T16:13:00.003-05:00

Fuente: Recopilación de notas terminológicas, Servicio de Traducción al Español, Naciones Unidas, Nueva York. Abkhazian abjasio Evítese "de Abjasia". Human Development Report Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano (título de la publicación en español. Evítese Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano) consumidor de drogas por inyección (evítese "por vía intravenosa", ya que las vías subcutánea e

NO, NO, NO

2011-10-02T16:08:00.000-05:00

Fuente: Recopilación de notas terminológicas, Servicio de Traducción al Español, Naciones Unidas, Nueva York. UNDP segment (re: UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board) segmento sobre el PNUD (NO "serie de sesiones del PNUD") UNFPA segment (re: UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board) segmento sobre el UNFPA (NO "serie de sesiones del UNFPA") joint segment (re: UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board) segmento conjunto (NO "serie

MemoQ

2011-09-26T21:05:00.001-05:00

In the last few months, I've been using another translation-memory program--MemoQ by Kilgray Translation Technologies. It has some similarities to the first translation-memory application I've ever used--DV3. It's rich in quality assurance features. It also has innovative features such as LiveDocs, where you can store bilingual documents that you not want to import into your TM. After

Meme Miner

2011-09-26T20:49:00.000-05:00

For most of it's articles, Wikipedia provides the equivalent expression of that concept in other languages. With Meme Miner you can effortlessly find out how a certain idea is expressed across the language spectrum. Try it!

«ne serait-ce que» - By Roger McKeon

2011-06-13T18:58:00.000-05:00

Once upon a time, Julio raised the following question. «Am I right in parsing this text: "La principale difficulté réside toutefois plus fondamentalement encore dans le fait qu'une telle affirmation de la ' non validité ' de l'acceptation (expresse ou non) d'une réserve dite ' non valide ' irait directement à l'encontre de la possibilité pour les Etats, ne serait-ce que collectivement,

Ne explétif - by Roger McKeon

2011-06-13T16:51:00.001-05:00

Julio asked me recently whether there is a name for the construction hereafter, which he came upon in a text he was revising from the French: «L'objectif poursuivi par le Guide de la pratique est d'aider les États sans pour autant que ce travail ne débouche pas sur une convention internationale.» My first reaction was to correct the French syntax. (Yes, the originals we have to deal with are

Archivarius 3000

2011-03-13T17:04:00.001-05:00

According to their website:Archivarius 3000 is a full-featured application to search documents and e-mail on the desktop computer, your local network and removable drives (CD, DVD). The documents can be searched by content, the same as with Internet search engines.There are colleagues who do not use full-text search applications on principles. Others are just may not be aware of how useful

Google Custom Search

2011-02-22T09:17:00.000-05:00

Rather than using the syntax "site:." with Google searches, I prefer to create a Google custom search, in which I can restrict searches to one site or add as many sites as I need. This works particularly well when searching a client's website. These custom search engines may be added to your iGoogle page. Click on the post's title to get started.

Notes for later

2011-01-23T17:17:00.001-05:00

Notes for later is a simple way of emailing yourself notes on websites you want to look up later. You can email yourself just the web address or the web address plus notes.

Translation Trivia: A Missouri state of mind

2011-01-23T17:07:00.001-05:00

This expression appeared in a Wall Street Journal editorial of 19 January 2011:President Obama took to these pages yesterday to announce a new executive order to restore "balance" to federal regulation and root out rules that impede job creation and economic growth. If he means it, this will be one of the great policy walkbacks in American history. The rest of us should stay in a Missouri state

CodeZapper

2011-01-23T17:00:00.001-05:00

CodeZapper is a set of Word macros to clean up the Word rogue codes. This is how the programmer, David Turner, describes it:What is “CodeZapper”?"CodeZapper" is a set of Word macros (programs written in VBA to automate operations in applications) designed to “clean up” Word files before being imported into a translation environment program such as Deja Vu DVX, memoQ, SDL Trados Studio, TagEditor,

Cosas veredes, Sancho...

2011-01-23T15:21:00.001-05:00

Entre otras, que la frase no figura en Don Quijote de la Mancha. Véase esta nota. El texto que dio origen a la distorsión es el siguiente: Cosas tenedes, el Cid,que farán fablar las piedras,pues por cualquier niñeríafacéis campaña a la iglesia.

Diccionarios en línea

2011-01-14T18:13:00.001-05:00

El diario español El Mundo ofrece acceso a estos diccionarios españoles:Dicciionario de la Lengua EspañolaDiccionario de sinónimosDicionario de antónimosDiccionario de medicinaTambién ofrece acceso a diccionarios bilingües español <> francés y español<> francés.

Supresión de tildes en la Ortografía (2010)

2010-12-30T09:00:00.005-05:00

Recomiendo leer esta nota de Cristian Fallas Alvarado, filólogo y colaborador de la Academia Costarricense de la Lengua en la revisión de la Nueva gramática de la lengua española, la nueva Ortografía y la Gramática básica.

Translation Trivia -- King Philip's War

2010-12-29T18:41:00.003-05:00

King Philip's War - Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty, by Daniel R. Mandell. Johns Hopkins, 176 pp., $45. As Mandell makes clear, however, neither side at the outset wanted a full-scale war, and there were wise heads on both sides who might have headed it off. Once the first blood was spilled, however—Native American blood—the desire for vengeance against

Translation Trivia -- The House that Bellies Built

2010-12-29T18:25:00.002-05:00

Do you know that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is also known as the "House that Bellies Built?" The pork belly, a slab of frozen meat from which bacon is cut, was once among the CME's most-traded commodities, earning the exchange the nickname the "House that Bellies Built." The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2010,

Microsoft Language Portal

2010-12-23T19:10:00.001-05:00

You will find it here. Type in the word in English, choose the target language and press Search. The answers include the translation as well as examples of translations in localized Microsoft products.

Expert-network firms

2010-12-17T17:57:00.002-05:00

As investors flocked to growth stocks in the 1990s, analysts competed to provide information to big clients, such as hedge funds. In 2000, the SEC responded with Reg FD, barring companies from selectively disclosing information. Soon, an industry of expert-network firms arose to help investors get an information edge. These firms rely on a network of employees and others who sometimes

Obscurity du jour

2010-12-13T16:25:00.001-05:00

Do M.B.A. degrees come with a minor in self-parody? General Electric cheered investors Friday by announcing a two-cent increase in the dividend it slashed in the credit crisis. It also made speakers of plain English wince, and "30 Rock" writers cheer, by explaining "the Company plans to continue capitalizing on complementary and financially attractive inorganic growth opportunities." Doesn't

Cherchez le French

2010-12-11T10:53:00.001-05:00

Q: Why do ships and aircraft in trouble use “mayday” as their call for help?A: This comes from the French word “m'aidez,” meaning “help me” – and is pronounced “mayday.”Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called “love?”A: In France, where tennis first became popular, a big, round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called“l'oeuf,”' which is French for “egg.” When tennis was introduced

Linguee

2010-11-29T16:11:00.001-05:00

Read this posting by Roger McKeon in TerminoTrad.

How to Search Using Wildcards in Google

2010-11-28T21:38:00.001-05:00

Esta nota de About.com enseña cómo usar asteriscos en las búsquedas con Google. Vale la pena leerla.

dtSearch y Adobe Reader

2010-11-19T17:04:00.000-05:00

Esta información puede ser útil a los usuarios de dtSearch: Adobe has just released Adobe Reader X and Adobe Acrobat X. Unfortunately, these new versions eliminate the support for hit highlighting of search results that has been present in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader versions until now. Adobe has removed this feature and the option to "Enable search highlights from external highlight

Notas Terminológicas

2010-11-10T16:06:00.001-05:00

Con la idea de simplificar, acabo de importar todas las notas de mi bitácora Notas Terminológicas a esta bitácora. Oportunamente descontinuaré esa bitácora. Las notas importadas figuran bajo la etiqueta homónima.

A review of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11

2010-11-10T15:56:00.001-05:00

See it here.

Readability

2010-11-05T12:17:00.001-05:00

Readability™ is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're reading. Follow the steps below to install Readability™ in your Web browser. Play the video to learn about installation.

La rana y el renacuajo

2010-11-01T10:38:00.001-05:00

Una fábula de Tomás de Iriarte (1750-1791):En la orilla del Tajohablaba con la rana el renacuajo,alabando las hojas, la espesurade un cañaveral y su verdura.Mas luego que del vientoel ímpetu violentouna caña abatió, que cayó al río,en tono de lección dijo la rana:"Ven a verla, hijo mío:por de fuera muy tersa, muy lozana:por dentro toda fofa, toda vana".Si la rana entendiera poesíatambién de

Falsa alarma: Vrus Kleneu66

2010-10-27T10:23:00.001-05:00

Es una falsa alarma. Véase esta nota.

Le mot du jour: Hadopi

2010-10-27T10:20:00.001-05:00

"Hadopi" es la sigla de "Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet". Este organismo fue creado por la Loi favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur Internet. Traducción propuesta:Alta Autoridad para la Difusión de las Obras y la Protección de los Derechos en la InternetVéase esta fuente.

Palabra del día: portavocía

2010-10-21T11:22:00.001-05:00

"La promoción de Pérez Rubalcaba a la Vicepresidencia Primera y la portavocía del Gobierno..."ABC.es, 21/10.2010DRAE:portavocía. 1. f. Cargo o condición de portavoz. Se le ha ofrecido la portavocía de su grupo parlamentario.

Word of the Day: Donkward

2010-10-20T11:15:00.000-05:00

Best of the Web Today - October 19, 2010 - juncals@gmail.com - GmailThe Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, whose sympathies lean strongly donkward, assumes 2011 will be a repeat of 1995:Source: The Best of the Web, by James Taranto. Leaning donkward means leaning to the Democratic Party. Wikipedia says this about the party's mascot symbol:The most common mascot symbol for the party is the donkey.

Shakeout

2010-08-01T12:02:00.001-05:00

Just now, while working on a document, I need to translate "shakeout." According to the World Bank and IMF glossaries in my database, the Spanish translation should be "sacudimiento" or "asentamiento," none of which convey, in my judgment, the meaning of the word. So, I googled "define:shakeout" and found this definition:Shakeout is a term used in business and economics to describe the

Harward-something

2010-07-13T09:58:00.001-05:00

Harvard’s commencement exercises had something outstanding this year: a salutatory address by Mary Anne Marks, a student from Queens, N.Y. She had majored in classics and English. And her address was entitled “The Heart of Harvard, Our Heart.” She gave it in Latin — memorized — and she delivered it in a wonderfully confident, even exuberant, style. We daresay WFB would have liked it, a lot.

Safety in numbers

2010-07-08T11:58:00.001-05:00

As you can see on the right-hand frame, there are a number of groups that I have found extremely helpful in my translation work. I refer to Translist (English <> Spanish translation questions), Logiterm (LogiTerm & Align Factory), help_ (help on tech issues for translators), and Termxchange (terminology materials). Isn't it great to be able to count on a large number of people in different

Good music from Magnatune

2010-07-04T15:17:00.000-05:00

Conversations Galantes by Ensemble Mirable

An easy way to keep your files synced

2010-06-08T18:57:00.001-05:00

I have been using Dropbox for a while, and I highly recommend it. Basically, the Dropbox folder created in one of your computers is instantly updated to your Dropbox account and to any other Dropbox folders you may create in other computers. You can also create folders to share files with friends, colleagues or clients.

The LogiTerm Newsletter

2010-06-08T18:28:00.001-05:00

Do look up the latest issue of the LogiTerm Newsletter.

BIS - Opening for a Terminologist/Language Technologist

2010-06-08T09:50:00.001-05:00

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced an opening for a Terminologist/Language Technologist (50%) at its headquarters in Basle. The closing date is 27 June 2010. The successful candidate is expected to ensure that internal and external users have efficient access to up-to-date, consistent, and well researched terminology and other multilingual reference material. He or she

Alerta acronímica

2010-06-07T15:32:00.000-05:00

Cada vez hay más: PIGS: Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain PIIGS: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain OINKS: Oil, Iran, North Korea Fuente: Money & Investing, Overheard, The Wall Street Journal, 7 de junio de 2010, pág. C18. El acrónimo OINKS es atribuido a James Vogel, FTN Financial.

Argumento del artículo

2010-03-22T18:20:00.000-05:00

Una abreviatura que aparece en textos jurídicos de la Argentina: arg. art. 108.

Búsqueda simultánea en el DRAE y el DPD

2010-02-18T21:42:00.002-05:00

Ver esta nota de Cristian Fallas Alvarado. Sombrero: Germán Pareja en un mensaje a la lista Transtopics.

Google Translate

2009-12-29T16:35:00.000-05:00

Click on the above link to see for yourself.

La página de Walter Pizarro, segunda edición

2009-11-24T10:18:00.000-05:00

La primera edición de este vademécum apareció en Transnotes en abril de 2006, bajo el título "La página de Walter Pizarro", en un total de seis notas. Walter ha tenido nuevamente la gentileza de autorizarme a difundir esta segunda versión de su valiosa colección de opciones y dudas. Es recomendable descargar el archivo para facilitar la consulta, en particular con un programa de búsqueda de

American Translators Association 50th Annual Conference

2009-10-26T21:49:00.000-05:00

Clientes que no compran, sino que venden

2009-10-26T21:21:00.000-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresClientes que no compran, sino que venden Por Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 21 de setiembre de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

If books were to disappear, history would disappear

2009-10-26T21:10:00.002-05:00

This was published in The Wall Street Journal on February 5, 1982:Notable & QuotableThe author Jorge Luis Borges, writing in Horizon magazine about the importance of books in an era of mass communications:I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible for it to happen. Of all of mankind's diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astonishing are his books. All the others are extensions of the

Recopilación de Notas Terminológicas

2009-10-15T15:35:00.002-05:00

La versión más reciente de la Recopilación de las Notas Terminológicas del Servicio de Traducción al Español (Naciones Unidas, Nueva York) se puede descargar aquí.

Recopilación de Notas Terminológicas

2009-10-15T15:35:00.001-05:00

La versión más reciente de la Recopilación de las Notas Terminológicas del Servicio de Traducción al Español (Naciones Unidas, Nueva York) se puede descargar aquí.

El delirio etimológico ya es epidemia

2009-10-08T09:50:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEl delirio etimológico ya es epidemia Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 24 de agosto de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

¿Quién controlará a los controladores?

2009-10-08T09:49:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectores¿Quién controlará a los controladores? Por Lucila Castro> Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Mi�rcoles 2 de setiembre de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Los indígenas no vienen de la India

2009-10-08T09:47:00.000-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresLos indígenas no vienen de la India Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 7 de setiembre de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Pastores en la Bolsa

2009-10-08T09:45:00.002-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresPastores en la Bolsa Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 14 de setiembre de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Clientes que no compran, sino que venden

2009-10-08T09:45:00.001-05:00

2009-08-17T07:47:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresUna edad difícil, pero no dolorosa Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 17 de agosto de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

2009-08-11T16:53:00.000-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEl arco de los siete colores Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 3 de agosto de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

2009-08-11T16:52:00.000-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresDe pez a pescado: un instante crucial Por Lucila Castro> Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 27 de julio de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

I Align, YouAlign

2009-08-11T16:38:00.001-05:00

Welcome to YouAlign, your online document alignment solution. No software to purchase, no software to install. With YouAlign you can quickly and easily create bitexts from your archived documents. A YouAlign bitext contains a document and its translation aligned at the sentence level. YouAlign generates TMX files that can be loaded into your translation memory. YouAlign can also generate HTML

We invite you to join Translist

2009-07-26T19:25:00.001-05:00

Translist, a Yahoo! Group, was founded in 1998 and now boast 870 subscribers in various parts of the world. Come and join us by using the subscription box on the left column below. We have a good record of helping English and Spanish translators solve linguistic problems. A forum for queries on English<>Spanish translation problems for professional English and Spanish translators translating into

MetaTexis

2009-07-26T12:16:00.008-05:00

MetaTexis is a translation memory program created by German developer Hermann Bruns. I have been using it regularly only recently, although I had picked up a license in 2007. If you want to try it out, Hermann is offering a Lite version.What I particularly like in MetaTexis are its quality control features. It has the best blacklist (watch list) features I have ever used so far.A watch list is a

2009-07-26T12:15:00.002-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEternas cuestiones de género Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 20 de julio de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

2009-07-26T12:12:00.002-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresDelicias de la geografía fantástica Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 6 de julio de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

La asombrosa juventud del planeta Tierra

2009-07-26T12:11:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresLa asombrosa juventud del planeta Tierra Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 29 de junio de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Todo empezó con Europa

2009-07-26T12:09:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresTodo empezó con Europa Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 22 de junio de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Cambios ortográficos

2009-07-06T10:36:00.000-05:00

María Barros (UN-NY) nos envía la siguiente nota:Estimados colegas:Les comunico que, en consulta con la Sección de Edición de Documentos Oficiales (ORES), hemos decidido utilizar a partir de ahora la abreviatura de la palabra "número" que recomienda la Real Academia: número, números núm. núms.Por tanto, deberá evitarse la abreviatura "No.", que no es aceptable en español.Asimismo les

Inclusa

2009-07-01T15:55:00.001-05:00

Esta nota de Panace@ me llevó a esta interesante bitácora: Laboratorio del lenguaje, coordinado por Fernando A. Navarro y José Ramón Zárate. La nota sobre el término "inclusa" pertenece a José Ignacio de Arana. En el mismo número, Panace@ publica una nota mía sobre la evolución de la traducción, titulada "Del papel a la pantalla, de la utopía a la realidad".

El reo, el algarrobo y la comida del anacoreta

2009-06-16T19:29:00.003-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEl reo, el algarrobo y la comida del anacoreta Lucila Castro > Ir a la nota lanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 15 de junio de 2009 @import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

2lingual

2009-06-05T09:05:00.002-05:00

I don't think one needs to say any more:2lingual makes it possible to Google Search in 2 languages. In addition, your keywords are automatically translated into another language as you type. You also can filter your search results across the following 42 languages.You will find it here.[Hat tip: Michael Farrell, creator of IntelliWebSearch, in a message posted to the IWS Yahoo! Group]

Pensar bien y escribir mejor

2009-05-18T07:20:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresPensar bien y escribir mejor Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 18 de mayo de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

WolframAlpha

2009-05-17T10:47:00.002-05:00

Ask a question and WolframAlpha will respond. Here is an introduction to WolframAlpha.Making the world's knowledge computableToday's Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute

Pintar grafitis es delito, pero no de lesa lengua

2009-05-11T08:29:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresPintar grafitis es delito, pero no de lesa lengua Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 11 de mayo de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Classical Music Online

2009-05-09T16:25:00.004-05:00

Classical Archives: Now offering four Grand Opening, free-admission concerts (Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Modern periods). Classical Archives Radio is here.ArkivMusikNaxos[Hat tip: The Wall Street Journal, New Ways to Buy Bach Online, May 8, 2008, W8]

Remembering Ben

2009-05-05T13:24:00.001-05:00

ATA Past President Ben Teague was fatally shot Saturday, April 25, outside Athens, Georgia. His generosity and unique sense of humor will be sorely missed.Ben earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Rice University and worked as a science teacher, radio announcer, and secretary before becoming a translator. He was among the first to take the ATA certification exam and was certified in both

Effectiveness, efficacy y efficiency

2009-05-04T10:31:00.001-05:00

Effectiveness, efficacy y efficiencyANTONIO PÉREZ SÁNCHEZComisión EuropeaAntonio.Perez-Sanchez@ec.europa.euSin entrar en muchos detalles, digamos que, en general (economía, gestión, administración, etc.), se distingue entre la “eficacia” (effectiveness, efficacy) y la “eficiencia” (efficiency); la primera es la capacidad de conseguir los objetivos fijados o los efectos esperados, mientras que la

ATA Past President Ben Teague was fatally shot

2009-04-28T15:44:00.001-05:00

A news flash from the American Translators Association (ATA):ATA Past President Ben Teague was fatally shot Saturday outside Athens, Georgia.Here is more on the story.Ben was ATA president from 1981-1983, having served previously as Director and Secretary. In later years he continued to share his enormous knowledge of scientific and technical translation on the FLEFO e-mail list, at ATA

Searching dictionarios in Google Books

2009-04-27T07:22:00.002-05:00

Timothy Barton, a professional translator, has put together a list of dictionaries in French, Spanish, Catalan and English that you can search in Google Books. You can read all about it here. While you are there, pick up the Firefox toolbar button for searching his library.[Hat tip: Jordi Serratosa]

UN 2009 competitive examinations for Spanish translators/précis writers

2009-04-23T08:13:00.000-05:00

A competitive examination for the recruitment of Spanish-language translators/précis writers will be held tentatively on 4 September 2009 in New York, Geneva and other locations according to the number and location of qualified candidates invited to take the examination. There are no nationality restrictions on participation in these examinations, the age limit is 56 years, and the closing date

"Que por mayo era, por mayo, cuando hace la calor"

2009-04-20T07:42:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectores"Que por mayo era, por mayo, cuando hace la calor" Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 20 de abril de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

El plural de cualquiera no es un plural cualquiera

2009-04-13T09:22:00.002-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEl plural de cualquiera no es un plural cualquieraLucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 13 de abril de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

El galán, la dama y la tilde que faltaba

2009-03-25T18:38:00.001-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEl galán, la dama y la tilde que faltaba Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 23 de marzo de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

El no que no dice que no

2009-03-16T08:45:00.000-05:00

Diálogo semanal con los lectoresEl no que no dice que no Lucila Castro > Ir a la notalanacion.com | Opinión | Lunes 16 de marzo de 2009@import "http://www.lanacion.com.ar/css/nocache/notaembed.css";

Operaciones de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz

2009-03-06T16:40:00.000-05:00