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Translating the Untranslatable

Translating the Untranslatable

by translations.co.uk | Grammar, Language, Linguistics

No matter how fluent the translator, some concepts or words are always going to be difficult or even almost impossible to translate directly between languages. Because of the way languages develop, some concepts can only be clearly expressed by either an awkward...
Professional Translations Can Save Money – Or Even the World

Professional Translations Can Save Money – Or Even the World

by translations.co.uk | Language, Linguistics

Language is nuanced, complex and uniquely human. In order to render text or speech from one language to the next, nothing can beat a professional human translation for accuracy. And, even for seemingly simple things, whether something is accurately translated or not...
What are Genderless Languages?

What are Genderless Languages?

by translations.co.uk | English, Grammar, Interesting, Language, Linguistics

A genderless language is one with no grammatical gender distinctions, and therefore doesn’t apply categories like male and female to nouns, articles, adjectives or verbs. Many organic and constructed languages are genderless or partially genderless, and a variety are...
The Scandinavian Languages – All the Same?

The Scandinavian Languages – All the Same?

by translations.co.uk | Interesting, Language, Language History

Languages grow like trees, forking and branching from common roots and blossoming into what we perceive as “different languages” as they develop. Occasionally separate languages develop and end up, although deemed different languages by law and culture, far more...
A History of the Polish Language

A History of the Polish Language

by translations.co.uk | Interesting, Language, Language History, Linguistics, Russian

Polish is one of the West Slavic languages, spoken largely by the Poles as well as by various inhabitants of Slovakia, the Czech Republic (Czechia) Germany, Hungary, the Ukraine, Belarus, Romania and Moldova. It is one of the Indo-European languages, of the...
Constructed Languages

Constructed Languages

by translations.co.uk | Interesting, Language, Linguistics, Universal Grammar

  While they might seem irrelevant to the world of commercial translation, constructed languages have a number of benefits beyond adding detail to what is still a fantasy world. Between international languages designed to ease human communication, experimentation...
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