Dragoman Transcreation
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 284
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
modify/modification – Misused Words
This article series aims to eliminate usage errors and help non-native speakers to write clearly and fluently. We suggest that you always do proper research and use style guides effectively. For anyt…
00:01:22 |
Thu 12 Dec 2019
do – Misused Words
This article series aims to eliminate usage errors and help non-native speakers to write clearly and fluently. We suggest that you always do proper research and use style guides effectively. For anyt…
00:01:22 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
inform – Misused Words
This article series aims to eliminate usage errors and help non-native speakers to write clearly and fluently. We suggest that you always do proper research and use style guides effectively. For anyt…
00:01:37 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
within the framework of – Misused Words
This article series aims to eliminate usage errors and help non-native speakers to write clearly and fluently. We suggest that you always do proper research and use style guides effectively. For anyt…
00:01:58 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Beware of the False Range!
Many of our customers fall into a trap that befalls even experienced journalists. What’s more, many readers won’t even notice the error I’m talking about. What is this error? The false range. Underst…
00:02:05 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Flight accents – American accent – male
Pre-boarding announcement Good afternoon dear passengers. This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight TK 1 0 1 to Istanbul. We are now inviting passengers with small children, and any passengers r…
00:03:53 |
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Flight announcements – British accent – female
Pre-boarding announcement Good afternoon dear passengers. This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight TK 1 0 1 to Istanbul. We are now inviting passengers with small children, and any passengers r…
00:04:17 |
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Flight announcements – American accent – Female
Pre-boarding announcement Good afternoon dear passengers. This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight TK 1 0 1 to Istanbul. We are now inviting passengers with small children, and any passengers r…
00:04:35 |
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Percents – Dragoman Style
Do you use this: % symbol, or this: percent (spelled out)? Read this article to understand Dragoman Style, which is mainly based on the AP Style Guide and enriched by Diana Hacker’s, Brian Garner’s a…
00:02:14 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting, is the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. The term originally refer…
00:01:26 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
How to avoid junk words? Tips on plain language.
This article was originally published on our blog Dragosfer a couple of years ago. It focuses on how to eliminate junk words in Turkish to English translations. As part of our consolidation efforts, …
00:05:55 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Video remote interpreting
Video remote interpreting (VRI) has recently become more popular with advances in broadband internet connectivity. Why not, it feels much more natural when you can put a face to a name and see the pe…
00:01:33 |
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Using Between for Date or Number Ranges
When using “between” to specify a date or number range, we must replace the hyphen with and. Incorrect: Demirkent served in senior executive roles between 1936-68. Correct: Demirkent served in…
00:00:32 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Agenda (meeting)
An agenda is a list of meeting activities. It shows the time, room and topic of each session. A session may be in the form of a workshop, panel discussion, seminar or conference and will typically en…
00:01:31 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
Definite Article (The) with Initialisms and Acronyms
Dragoman prefers preceding initialisms with a definite article. An initialism is an abbreviation formed from initial letters. They require “the”, because they are pronounced letter by letter. Incorre…
00:01:01 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Titles of Magazines, Newspapers, Journals – Capitalization
This piece is a part of our capitalization series. Proper capitalization in English is tricky. Stay tuned with our Language Tips for more. 1. If magazine or journal is part of the title, use upper ca…
00:00:58 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Search engine optimization
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine’s “natural” or un-paid search results. In general, the earlier (or higher ran…
00:00:43 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are ba…
00:00:45 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Spelling
Spelling is the writing of one or more words with letters and diacritics. In addition, the term often, but not always, means an accepted standard spelling or the process of naming the letters. In the…
00:01:12 |
Mon 21 Oct 2019
APA style
American Psychological Association (APA) style is an academic format specified in The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, a style guide that offers academic authors guidance…
00:00:38 |
Sat 19 Oct 2019
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