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In the dynamic landscape of Canadian business, the role of technical translation services cannot be overstated. As businesses expand their global reach, the demand for precise and reliable translation of technical content has surged. Technical translation services play a pivotal role in enabling Ontario businesses to unlock international markets, foster collaboration with global partners, and…
For Canadian business operations, the significance of precise and legally valid documentation cannot be overstated. The accuracy and authenticity of legal documents are pivotal in maintaining compliance, facilitating transactions, and safeguarding the interests of all parties involved. Central to ensuring the integrity of these documents is the utilization of professional certified translation services, particularly in…
In the 1800s, observatories with larger and larger telescopes were built around the world. In 1877, Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (1835-1910), director of the Brera Observatory in Milan, began mapping and naming areas on Mars. He named the Martian “seas” and “continents” (dark and light areas) with names from historic and mythological sources. He saw channels…
Editor’s Note: The November-December issue of Health Affairs contains essays by a physician and a medical interpreter on the challenges and perils of navigating language gaps between medical providers and patients in the absence of a trained medical interpreter. The essays appear in the journal’s “Narrative Matters” section, which is supported by the W.K. Kellogg…
Art historians love to debate the horns of Moses. Michelangelo’s famous statue of Moses at Saint Peter in Chains in Rome depicts Moses with two horns. Most claim that the horns of Moses go back to Saint Jerome’s “translation error” in the Latin Vulgate. I’d like to challenge that assumption. Not only did Saint Jerome…
You may not believe it but it’s a fact that medical translations or interpretation done incorrectly, has the ability to endanger lives. Poor translation, in particular, has adversely affected the lives of a number of people. There have been documented cases of faulty or incompetent medical translations that have caused severe complications, faulty diagnoses, and…
Google Translate’s latest update – turning the app into a real-time interpreter – has been heralded as bringing us closer to ‘a world where language is no longer a barrier’. Despite glitches, it offers a glimpse of a future in which there are no linguistic misunderstandings – especially ones that change the course of history.…
In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli was planning to observe Mars with a newly powerful refractor telescope installed in Brera, Milan. He prepared extensively, avoiding, he wrote, “everything which could affect the nervous system, from narcotics to alcohol, and especially from the abuse of coffee, which I found to be exceedingly prejudicial to the…
In a world where English is everywhere, is translation still important? Is it even necessary? English is the third most widely-spoken language in terms of native speakers, of which it has at least 330 million. But if you count the people who speak it as a second language, it’s the most popular language in the…