I have just made a Facebook page for my translation and communication business – it is a great way of promoting awareness about what I do.  And I already have 44 fans! Thank you everyone for your support. I will be updating the facebook page with i [...]

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Some of you may have noticed my ‘Happy Customers‘ page. This is where I list some of my clients, so that potential customers can check them out and even ask them about my services if they like. A happy customer is the best guarantee. Recently some of [...]

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Me dedico a la buena comunicación, con especial enfoque en  la traducción y redacción de contenidos en español e inglés. Escribo contenidos para publicaciones tradicionales además de publicaciones online, y entre mi experiencia incluyo la optim [...]

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These videos are both of Anthony Pym, a lecturer in Translation and Intercultural Studies and author of Exploring translation theories.

Posted by victoria.amengual • 10 days ago • View comments

I have come across this video on translation theory. It deals with equivalence, and dealing with translations and whether they are equivalent to their source text in terms of function or not.

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As a translator you are sometimes presented with some badly written copy to translate, and this is not a dig at any of my clients, I’m just saying. And badly written copy often causes difficulties. Sometimes you even come across a text that has been tra [...]

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Take a photo of a text with your mobile phone and get it instantly translated into the language of your choice…..!

Posted by victoria.amengual • 20 days ago • View comments

Encontré esta ilustración en el blog de Monok y me encanta. Lo importante que es una buena comunicación y lo que pasa cuando falla.

Posted by victoria.amengual • 26 days ago • View comments

I came across a great article in the Guardian about writing. I highly recommend it if writing is a part of your life. Here is an extract from it – Margaret Atwood’s Ten rules for writing: 1 Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if [...]

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Acabo de llegar de una reunión con Marcus Read del hotel Reads en Santa María. Por suerte hoy a salido el sol y he podido disfrutar del camino por las estrechas carreteras de campo hasta llegar al hotel. El almendro está en flor y me he podido imaginar [...]

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