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Translation is one of the sectors with the highest wage equality and job quality. Moreover, in this sector, the number of female professionals exceeds the number of male professionals. Professional translation is one of the few sectors where figures show that there are more women in this profession than men. These figures have been achieved over the last few decades, but the root of this feminisation of translation may have much to do with the...

[TOC] 1. What is a sworn translation? The demand for sworn translation services has increased due to our globalised market, increasing immigration , the expansion of international tourism. This is because the translation of any official document (used for almost every official procedure) depends on the country-specific laws and regultation. The translation of legal or administrative documents involves a special process in which it must be...

The profession of translator is an ancient one, dating back to the earliest efforts of humans to understand each other. Although it's little known, translation requires great capacity for understanding and adaptation, diplomacy and even artistic talent. All this is needed to produce accurate translations which respect the original without distortions. Prejudices about professional translation are very common. Here are 4 common and inaccurate...

Have you ever considered translating your documents or web content into German? Well, first of all, you'll be interested to know that there are several varieties of German . As with other languages, such as English, which shows linguistic differences between the various English-speaking countries such as the USA and United Kingdom, German also has varieties among the German-speaking countries. We will not use the same German if we decide to...

In 2015, the language learning application Babbel surveyed nearly 14,000 users to find out which languages were considered the "hottest". The result was that Latin languages lead the ranking, with French being the undisputed winner. This is not a surprising result since French has long had the reputation of being THE language of love at an international level. Okay, but why is French perceived that way? [TOC] French culture The richness of the...

Basque is a language that has been and continues to be a great mystery to scholars of comparative linguistics and philolinguistics. This authenticity of the Basque language has given rise to various theories in search of an explanation of its birth and evolution. One of these theories would relate Basque to Berber, a language of North Africa, although the revision of the assumptions on which that theory was based, as well as phylogenetic studies...

The extraordinary human capacity for invention in the field of communication never ceases to amaze us. In times marked by the revolution of communication between individuals, extremely unique forms of communication still exist, such as, for example, the whistled language of the island of La Gomera, on the Canary Islands, which we wrote about recently. While there are many more examples of long-distance communication throughout Europe, today we...

In the 1980s, in the province of Hunan, in China, a writing system was discovered that was used exclusively among women. Today, investigators are trying to discover the history of this alphabet: Was it as secret language? A way to defy men? An obligation or a door to freedom?

Anyone who works with two or more languages dreams of being bilingual. In certain countries, this term means that a person can speak two languages, without taking into account their level of proficiency. According to the Cambridge dictionary, the term bilingual refers to a person who is able to use two languages equally well. However, it may often be considered that a bilingual person is someone who has native language skills in two languages...

We all know that it is only a matter of time before China becomes the world's first economic power. China has many unique characteristics, linguistics without a doubt being one of them. Did you know that when we talk about the Chinese language we are usually referring to standard Mandarin? However, several language groups are spoken in China, and they are so different that speakers of the different language groups cannot understand each other...