Dragoman Transcreation
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 284
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
interpreting equipment
Interpreting equipment is a set of tools and devices required to perform simultaneous interpreting during meetings and conferences. Typical interpreting equipment package consists of a central interp…
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Thu 20 Sep 2018
mobile interpreting equipment
Mobile interpreting equipment is a portable set of small devices used for tour guiding or interpreting purposes. Tour guiding devices are also called infoport systems. Mobile interpreting equipment i…
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Thu 20 Sep 2018
Dragoman Language Solutions
Dragoman was founded in 2005 as an interpreting agency. In time, we evolved into a multi-language vendor of many services including on-site & remote interpreting, transcreation, app & games localizat…
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Thu 20 Sep 2018
Avoiding Gender Bias
Dragoman prefers using gender-neutral vocabulary in its translations wherever possible. Inappropriate: This small, soil dwelling, bacteria eating, unsegmented worm may be an important key in man…
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Wed 19 Sep 2018
Internet: To Capitalize or To Not Capitalize
Dragoman uses AP Style, and AP no longer capitalizes the word internet. Incorrect: The bogus article contained a software tool that could verify Internet addresses. Correct: The bogus articl…
00:00:29 |
Wed 19 Sep 2018
The Plural of "Behavior"
Behavior is almost always a mass noun and it is very rarely used in the plural. Incorrect: You must reflect on your behaviors if you want to avoid repeating your mistakes. Correct: You must refl…
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Wed 19 Sep 2018
Using However Correctly
We must always insert a semi-colon before and a comma after however to connect two independent clauses. Incorrect: Japan was an expanding giant however it could not generate enough capital to supp…
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Wed 12 Sep 2018
"Such As … and So On / So Forth" Redundancy
Dragoman prefers “and so on” or “and so forth” to “etc.” (et cetera) to show that there are many other similar things or people that we can add. However, combining “such as” with “and so on” or “and …
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Wed 12 Sep 2018
"E.g. … and So On / So Forth" Redundancy
If we begin by saying e.g., which means for example, it is redundant to add and so on or and so forth at the end. Incorrect: Some EU countries (e.g., Italy, Belgium, Greece and so on) are largely d…
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Wed 12 Sep 2018
Consist Of vs. Consist In
Consist in something and consist of something have entirely different meanings. Consist in means to be based on or depend on something. Incorrect: Patriotism does not consist of blind obedience of …
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Wed 12 Sep 2018
Not Only … But Also
Dragoman expects its translators to use correlative conjunctions correctly. The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar defines a correlative as a pair of elements that join two similar parts of a phras…
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Wed 12 Sep 2018
Multilingual Localization
If you are only localising content into English, your marketing efforts are wasted for 80% of the world population. Researches suggest that people feel more comfortable to buy when they read informat…
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Sun 09 Sep 2018
Warranty vs. Guarantee
Although warranty and guarantee have similar meanings they cannot be used interchangeably. Dictionary.com defines warranty and guarantee as follows: A warranty is “a promise or guarantee given.” A wa…
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Wed 05 Sep 2018
Sex vs. Gender
Wikipedia’s entry on sex and gender distinction reads as follows: “The distinction between sex and gender differentiates a person’s biological sex (the anatomy of an individual’s reproductive system,…
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Wed 05 Sep 2018
Only vs. Alone
Although only and alone have similar meanings, we cannot always use them interchangeably when translating into English. When we use alone to mean without including anything else, it comes right after…
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Wed 05 Sep 2018
Contractions
The AP Stylebook recommends avoiding excessive use of contractions. Yet, it all depends on the context. If we are translating formal documents such as contracts, financial reports, user guides, journ…
00:01:31 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Invitation vs. Reception
Turkish to English translators frequently confuse invitation (davet) with reception. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines invitation and reception as follows: Invitation: A written or…
00:00:50 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Headlines 2
This is our second piece on how to write headlines in English. Please read the following examples carefully and get back to ask if you have any further questions. 4. Headlines use infinitives to ref…
00:00:52 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Capitalizing Disease Names
Do not capitalize disease names or medical terms. AP Style suggests that: “Do not capitalize arthritis, emphysema, leukemia, pneumonia, etc. When a disease is known by the name of a person or geograp…
00:00:41 |
Wed 15 Aug 2018
E-mail vs. Email
Dragoman and Associated Press (AP) Stylebook prefers e-mail over email. We use a hyphen with other e- terms: e-book, e-reader, e-commerce. Source: AP Stylebook
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Wed 15 Aug 2018
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