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Българският институт по стандартизация (БИС) не одобрява новия “фонетичен стандарт”, използван в Microsoft Vista. Това е изводът от организираната от Българския институт за стандратизация широка дискусия, посветена на клавиатурните подредби на устройства за писане на български език.
Срещу “фонетичната” част на проекта се обявяват много обществени организации, като Сдружението на стенографите, машинописците и компютърните оператори, Фондация [...]
A new issue of ClientSide News Magazine - the free journal on globalization, internationalization, and localization.
The June 2009 features:
Feature: Hidden Secrets for successful Web site globalization
Industry Focus: Business Collaboration Software Breeds Productivity in the Localization Industry
L10n Hot Topic: The Growth and Evolution of Audio and Video Localization
Technology Spotlight: XTM for Language Service Providers Explained
You can download [...]
Translation and Globalization
Author: Michael Cronin
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition,2003
Translation and Globalization is a critical exploration of the ways in which radical changes to the world economy have affected contemporary translation.
The Internet, new technology, machine translation and the emergence of a worldwide, multi-million dollar translation industry have dramatically altered the complex relationship between translators, language and power. [...]
Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence, 2nd edition
Author: Mildred L. Larson
Publisher: University Press of America; 2 edition, 1997
Meaning-Based Translation is designed for training beginning translators and organized chapter by chapter as drill material for the textbook “Meaning-Based Translation.” The textbook emphasizes the importance of a translation being accurate, clear and natural and the exercises [...]
Scientific and Technical Translation (American Translators Association Scholarly Monographs)
Author: Sue Ellen Wright (Editor), Leland Wright (Editor), Leland D. Wright Jr. (Editor)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1993
Technical translation (and technical terminology) encompasses the translation of special language texts.
1. Style and Register covers clarity of style, culture-specific and author-reader conventions and expectation.
2. Special Applications deals with the [...]
City University are now recruiting for a part-time course leading to MA in Audiovisual Translation from September 2009 »»»
Taught on two evenings a week, this new MA will give students who have English and another language, key translation skills for subtitling, dubbing or voice-over work plus competencies such as translation-specific project management.
Experienced professionals and academics [...]
SDL Trados is conducting a short survey (under 5 questions!) about the usage of their software. If you complete the survey through your Facebook profile, it can be your chance to be one of our 10 winners of a new copy of -”Perspectives on Localization” American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series XIII, edited by Kieran [...]
An excellent book on localization, covering topics such as the business side of localization, localization quality, game localization, terminology management, localization standards, education for localization purposes, etc. Find out more >>>
The magazine MultiLingual Computing, a leading information source for the localization, internationalization, translation and language technology industry, has recently published their new guide - Guide to Localization.
You can download it free of charge from their website (a PDF file optimized for print [11.1 MB]) or from »»»here««« (a PDF file optimized for screen [1.2 MB]).
Wordfast officially releases a new version of Wordfast Pro, consisting of several new features to address the needs of corporations, language service providers, and individual translators.
Concurrently being released is Wordfast Pro Plus, an option which will enable Wordfast Pro users to access enhanced batch processing capabilities and TM administration functionality (available after 1 May 2009).
Among [...]
