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

EUROTYP: Charlemagne linguistic area

Usually, you imagine a linguistic map as a palette of colors, each distinctly different from each other. Those who master

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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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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

Proverbs and idiomatic expressions

Translating is transposing a concept, a message, a symbolic idea into another language. It is therefore important to be aware

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16 Feb

Am I translating well if I translate a lot…

Practice makes perfect; this is particularly true of translation. The attainment of an academic qualification in translation does not instantly

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