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Rebekah Olson
Jun 11, 20213 min read
6 Reasons for English Content
You’ve put time and effort into creating your content. Now you’re asking yourself if you should have your material translated? Since...
Rebekah Olson
Mar 24, 20212 min read
6 Hilarious True Meanings of Idioms
Let's kick Spring off with having a little fun by taking things too literally. When taken seriously, idioms in any language can be funny, ab
Rebekah Olson
Mar 17, 20211 min read
Irish Words Missing from English
Irish is a beautiful language whose long and rich history has given it time to accumulate so many fascinating words English borrow.
Rebekah Olson
Mar 3, 20211 min read
Words of Sustainability Missing from English
The words we use to talk about the environment affect how we engage with it.
Rebekah Olson
Feb 21, 20213 min read
International Mother Language Day
Each year, on February 21, we get to celebrate our own native languages thanks to the United Nations' holiday, International Mother Language
Rebekah Olson
Feb 20, 20212 min read
How Germans Talk about Love
For Valentine's month, we're looking at how speakers of three different languages talk about love and last, but not least, is German!
Rebekah Olson
Feb 18, 20212 min read
How Russians Talk about Love
For Valentine's month this year, we're looking at how speakers of three different languages talk about love and next up is Russian!
Rebekah Olson
Feb 11, 20213 min read
How Norwegians Talk about Love
For Valentine's month this year, we're looking at how speakers of three different languages talk about love and first up is Norwegian!
Rebekah Olson
Mar 1, 20194 min read
Translatorial Ethics & The Heironymic oath
This post explores the ethical minefield that is translation ethics by seeking to answer questions we translators ask ourselves everyday.
Rebekah Olson
Feb 26, 201911 min read
Ideology in Translation - an Essay
The ideology of a translation is determined only partially by the content of the source text...
Rebekah Olson
Jan 26, 20193 min read
What's in a Language?
So, translators translate. But what should we call it, when one is a relayer or of sentiment? An intention explainer? An idea...
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