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It is inevitable to see that in recent years globalization has become more prevalent. The world is not a collection of separated tiny islands of cultures and people anymore but has become an open and very much accessible space for all its citizens. With modern technology, we can be in one part of the world within just a few hours. With the internet, we can communicate with anyone on the globe instantly. This fast-paced change urges us to become more open to other cultures, to look into the differences to be able to communicate with each other successfully. And by communication, I don’t only mean understanding each other’s words. We need communication that penetrates more deeply, and we call this cross-cultural communication. In a sense, globalization emphasizes the idea that we are all the same: after all, we are all humans with similar needs. From one angle, that is true, but the question is more complex than this. We are all individuals with different codes and “software”, that is, c...

  I grouped together with 3 other translators to simulate a Trados delivery project from beginning to end to learn about Trados's challenges and setbacks in more depth. The project included creating a SOW/work proposal based on CAT tool analysis, pseudo-translation, establishing a Style Guide, a glossary, and TMs, delivering the final language packages, and recording a video on lessons learned. Follow along with our experiences of the creation of a Trados delivery project for localizing a short text from the website "Bike Inside" divided into 4 languages. The translation process simulates the experience of translating in a small, in-house translation team or in a small group of associated freelancers. Introduction WHAT IS TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY? Translation Technology refers to technologies that are important in management, engineering, and linguistic roles in translation and localization, including various tools that aid the process of translation and editing workflows. ...

The Iconic Gilbert Font I have been always attracted to typography and the idea of expressing myself through different fonts and typesets. Recently I came across a particular color font called Gilbert Font. Mr. Gilbert Baker was an LGBTQ activist artist and the creator of the iconic Rainbow flag. To honor the memory of Gilbert Baker, NewFest and NYC Pride partnered with Fontself to create a font inspired by the design language of the flag. They named it Gilbert Font. It was initially designed for catchy headlines and banners to be used at rallies and protests. Gilbert Font The font is available in two variations (standard vector font and color font) and they localized it for almost all languages. The color font currently is available for Photoshop CC 2017, Illustrator CC 2018, InDesign CC 2019, and above. This was the first instance I realized how powerful color fonts can be and how quickly they can send a message to the illogical part of the brain that picks up emotions, feelings, and...

  What is RegEx? Regex or Regular Expressions is not a programming language but more pattern identification. Its main purpose is quality check in translated or other texts and documents. According to Riccardo Schiaffino, RegEx "is a search-and-replace function on steroids. Regular expressions can assist our translation work by allowing us to search, replace, and filter text in ways that would otherwise be impossible in our software tools." ( https://www.ata-chronicle.online/highlights/regular-expressions-an-introduction-for-translators/ If you are a linguist or have some affinity for languages, you will pick up regex quickly, after some trials and errors.:) For us, translators, regex is important because CAT tools use regular expressions for creating segmentation and auto-translation rules. See below my first attempts to create some basic rules that can be used for Hungarian translations. RegEx for English to Hungarian Translations Example 1: Hungarian (or other names) with m...