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What do you know about the history of translations?
Oct 06 , 2021
What do you know about the history of translations? by Target Language Translation Services - October 06 2021 The word translation is derived from the Latin word – translatio – meaning carrying or bringing across. Therefore, in general, translation means carrying or bringing text from one language to another. The history of translation has been a topic that has long been debated by ...
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Why it’s important to save endangered languages?
Oct 08 , 2021
Why it’s important to save endangered languages? by Target Language Translation Services - October 08 2021 Every day, about 7,000 different languages are spoken by people all around the world. On average, this would put about a million speakers per language, which we know isn’t true. Mandarin Chinese has over 800 million native speakers. Hindi is spoken by 390 million people as a first language. S...
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Why is it important to translate emojis?
Oct 09 , 2021
Why is it important to translate emojis? by Target Language Translation Services - October 09 2021 17th July is World Emoji Day. The event has been celebrated since 2014. It’s now become tradition for the big tech companies to unveil new emojis on this day – Apple this year announced the addition of a more diverse range of characters representing people with disabilities, as well as new animals su...
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How to become a translator?
Oct 11 , 2021
How to become a translator? by Target Language Translation Services - October 11 2021 Translators are experts in communication and language who read, comprehend and convert written and spoken messages from one language to another. They offer translation services to tourists, businesses and expats. A career in translation is interesting and varied but there’s a lot more to it than just being able t...
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Old English Words Worth Starting Using Again
Oct 12 , 2021
Old English Words Worth Starting Using Again by Target Language Translation Services - October 12 2021 Language changes over time; words and phrases come and go. Many Old English words have been lost through the ages. Modern English is a world apart from ye olde English that dates back to 1150 CE. But there’s a difference between Shakespear’s Elizabethan English (which came centuries after Old Eng...
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Is it possible to learn a language while you sleep?
Oct 13 , 2021
Is it possible to learn a language while you sleep? by Target Language Translation Services - October 13 2021 The average human sleeps around eight hours a night for, on average, 75 years, which adds up to about two hundred and 22,000 hours in a lifetime. Luminaries from Benjamin Franklin to Jon Bon Jovi have poured scorn on the simple mammalian inactivity of sleep. Franklin famously asserted that...
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The Difference Between Language and Dialect
Oct 15 , 2021
The Difference Between Language and Dialect by Target Language Translation Services - October 14 2021 It’s always incredibly significant to use the correct terms when referring to specific things in any scientific field. And the same goes for the science of linguistics. The only problem is that some linguistic terms get a bit muddled by the public. We often talk about languages, particularly in th...
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Most commonly spoken languages in the USA
Oct 17 , 2021
Most commonly spoken languages in the USA by Target Language Translation Services - October 17 2021 As one of the world’s biggest melting pots, the United States is home to people from all different backgrounds. It is a country that was founded by immigrants, which is evident through the various cultures that are prevalent throughout each region. While English is the most commonly spoken language ...
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