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Machine Translation
Thu, Dec 17th 2009, 14:01 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Why use machine translation?
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ISO Audit and Company Dinner
Tue, Nov 24th 2009, 13:07 Under Category ACTC Happenings by sebastian

Latest update on ACTC's ISO status and introduction of ACTC's full time members
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Bilingual School Names (Junior College)
Tue, Nov 24th 2009, 11:49 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Singapore Junior College English and Chinese Names
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Bilingual School Names (Secondary School)
Tue, Nov 24th 2009, 11:27 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Singapore Secondary School English and Chinese Names
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Bilingual School Names (Primary School)
Tue, Nov 24th 2009, 10:42 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Singapore Primary School English and Chinese Names
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Book Review: Translation as a Profession
Mon, Oct 19th 2009, 18:23 Under Category For Translators and Interpreters by sebastian

The John Benjamins Publishing Company is one of only a few publishing companies in the world specialising in the publication of works dedicated to research and training in translation and interpreting studies and this book was written by Daniel Gouadec.
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The Pitfalls of Literal Translation
Mon, Oct 19th 2009, 18:02 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Literal translation should be avoided at any case. This article contains a lot of literal translation samples in Germany and English collected by a German teacher.
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The Importance of Hiring Simultaneous Interpretation Companies for an International Conference
Mon, Oct 19th 2009, 16:36 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

If you are holding an international meeting in English, but several attendees speak a foreign language and could have difficulty understanding the presentation in English or posing questions in English to the presenters, then you will definitely need to hire simultaneous translation services and translation equipment.
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Multi-lingual Course: Hello
Fri, Jun 26th 2009, 10:44 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

How to say 'Hello' in several languages
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Translation Procedures, Strategies and Methods
Thu, Jun 25th 2009, 17:10 Under Category For Translators and Interpreters by sebastian

Translating culture-specific concepts (CSCs) in general and allusions in particular seem to be one of the most challenging tasks to be performed by a translator; in other words, allusions are potential problems of the translation process due to the fact that allusions have particular connotations and implications in the source language (SL) and the foreign culture (FC) but not necessarily in the TL and the domestic culture. There are some procedures and strategies for rendering CSCs and allusions respectively.

The present paper aims at scrutinizing whether there exists any point of similarity between these procedures and strategies and to identify which of these procedures and strategies seem to be more effective than the others.

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Translation Techniques
Thu, Jun 25th 2009, 16:44 Under Category For Translators and Interpreters by sebastian

As we all know, good translation is not usually just a question of translating each word in turn of the source text into the target language. Nor does it (often) consist, however, of the translator skimming through the source text, putting it aside and then jotting down the general idea of it in his or her own words in the target language. In between the two extremes there is a wide variety of techniques ("strategies"), many of which translators will use intuitively for any given text.
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Chinese Learners and English Plural Forms (2)
Thu, Jun 25th 2009, 13:00 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Many Chinese students experience difficulty with the use of plural forms in English. The authors of this article explore this phenomenon by examining features of Chinese and English that may affect plural formation, highlighting specific areas of challenge for Chinese learners, and presenting an array of recommended instructional resources.
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Chinese Learners and English Plural Forms (1)
Thu, Jun 25th 2009, 12:50 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

Many Chinese students experience difficulty with the use of plural forms in English. The authors of this article explore this phenomenon by examining features of Chinese and English that may affect plural formation, highlighting specific areas of challenge for Chinese learners, and presenting an array of recommended instructional resources.
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SDL Trados Tutorial
Thu, Jun 25th 2009, 12:33 Under Category For Translators and Interpreters by sebastian

Youtube Video basic tutorial for using Trados
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Populer English Expressions Derived from French
Thu, Jun 25th 2009, 12:14 Under Category Useful Information for the Public by sebastian

There are expressions you sometimes use that have their origin in the French language. We will look at some of these phrases and compare the English definition with the actual, literal meaning. You would be well-served to make a study of some of these expressions and begin incorporating them into your vocabulary.
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