16 Feb

The pitfalls of the Italian language: “monolingual” & Co

You often hear of a “dizionario monolingue” (monolingual dictionary), a “dizionario bilingue” (bilingual dictionary), or of “traduzione multilingue” (multilingual translation)

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16 Feb

SMG UK visits the University of Exeter

Last week Director-General of SMG Languages Luca Moretto and Junior Translator Grace Ford visited the University of Exeter to hold

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16 Feb

Is being a native speaker enough?

Professional translators should translate from one or more foreign languages into their native tongue: this is a point on which

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16 Feb

Understanding Linguistics: Is it a Science? (Pt. 02/12)

We premised in our previous article that, in spite of the dazzling technological advances that seem to multiply daily in

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16 Feb

In search of science!

Scientific and medical research is one of the most important themes in modern society : technological developments over the last

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16 Feb

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

  This week our blog features a special contribution from one of our English translators: She shares her experiences in

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16 Feb

Understanding Linguistics: Becoming other (Pt. 04/12)

As we briefly discussed in our previous article, scores of scientists over time have extensively studied the act of phonation,

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16 Feb

Understanding linguistics: grappling with meaning (Pt. 05/12)

In our previous article, we briefly looked at how cultural linguists study the complexities of human cultures as they relate

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16 Feb

Keeping translators on their toes

Linguists all over the world agree that the best way to learn a new language is to immerse yourself in

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16 Feb

Understanding Linguistics: It’s physical! (Pt. 03/12)

We’ve introduced the notion in the previous article that the brand of Linguistics devised and practiced by Chomsky at MIT

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