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Considerations on the Portuguese Language and the Orthographic Agreement – Part I

Considerations on the Portuguese Language and the Orthographic Agreement – Part I

Portuguese is a Latin language, yes, but only because, along with other prior influences, it is derived from Latin just like languages such as Spanish, French, and Italian. Latin is a dead language, disseminated by the ancient Roman Empire, in times when the Roman and Greek people were the pinnacle of Western civilization and considered all other cultures mere “barbarians.”

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Certified translations & “certified” or “sworn” translators

Certified translations & “certified” or “sworn” translators

Nor is it necessary to hire an “official” translator, i.e., a member of the Portuguese Translators Association—as some institutions unknowingly demand—to carry out a certified translation. Any professional translator can perform the translation, which will subsequently be certified by the competent authority, and the document produced will have legal validity.

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Technology: what’s in store for translators? – Part 3

Technology: what’s in store for translators? – Part 3

The border between literary and non-literary translators is now becoming a bit blurred. Non-literary translation has also expanded rapidly from being mostly technical, legal, and medical to include a much wider range of content, such as marketing and publicity, business, scientific, pharmaceutical, digital content, video games, subtitling, etc.

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Technology: a two-faced game changer – Part 2

Technology: a two-faced game changer – Part 2

Technology has also brought up significant changes in the perspective and approach of multilingual communication.
On one hand, this is mutually beneficial: just as technology benefited translation professionals, technical translation is also vital for multiple technological fields—from construction and engineering to automation and robotics.

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Metalanguage explained

Metalanguage explained

Through language, humans are able to transmit and receive objective information about what is going on around them. Metalanguage is not only about terminology, but also about the way we speak and the impact of how we do it on the success of our everyday communication.

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SEO and keyword translation

SEO and keyword translation

A professional SEO translation is much more than translating words literally. Search engines operate on a local basis—they search for keywords that are relevant locally! So, translators with SEO skills know they must consider the cultural specificities of the local target market.

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Considerations on the Portuguese Language and the Orthographic Agreement – Part I

Considerations on the Portuguese Language and the Orthographic Agreement – Part I

Portuguese is a Latin language, yes, but only because, along with other prior influences, it is derived from Latin just like languages such as Spanish, French, and Italian. Latin is a dead language, disseminated by the ancient Roman Empire, in times when the Roman and Greek people were the pinnacle of Western civilization and considered all other cultures mere “barbarians.”

read more
Certified translations & “certified” or “sworn” translators

Certified translations & “certified” or “sworn” translators

Nor is it necessary to hire an “official” translator, i.e., a member of the Portuguese Translators Association—as some institutions unknowingly demand—to carry out a certified translation. Any professional translator can perform the translation, which will subsequently be certified by the competent authority, and the document produced will have legal validity.

read more
Technology: what’s in store for translators? – Part 3

Technology: what’s in store for translators? – Part 3

The border between literary and non-literary translators is now becoming a bit blurred. Non-literary translation has also expanded rapidly from being mostly technical, legal, and medical to include a much wider range of content, such as marketing and publicity, business, scientific, pharmaceutical, digital content, video games, subtitling, etc.

read more
Technology: a two-faced game changer – Part 2

Technology: a two-faced game changer – Part 2

Technology has also brought up significant changes in the perspective and approach of multilingual communication.
On one hand, this is mutually beneficial: just as technology benefited translation professionals, technical translation is also vital for multiple technological fields—from construction and engineering to automation and robotics.

read more
Metalanguage explained

Metalanguage explained

Through language, humans are able to transmit and receive objective information about what is going on around them. Metalanguage is not only about terminology, but also about the way we speak and the impact of how we do it on the success of our everyday communication.

read more
SEO and keyword translation

SEO and keyword translation

A professional SEO translation is much more than translating words literally. Search engines operate on a local basis—they search for keywords that are relevant locally! So, translators with SEO skills know they must consider the cultural specificities of the local target market.

read more

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