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by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Some foreign words imported into English have "diacritical marks", better known as "accents". Most of these words are from French but there are many also from Spanish, Portuguese, German and other languages. Just how important ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Assessments often depend on subtle wording choices, which are expected to trigger certain reactions in respondents (or not). For example, do you think the question "Should there be a trade-off between accountability and purposeful action?" ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
"Speed" and "cost" are the two factors lessening the importance of "quality" in the translation client's decision-making, say fellow linguists at BeatBabel in a recent article for TC World. In the current context of exponential and ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Charles Perrault is a 17th century French aristocrat whose fairy tales have been translated time and ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Here is one of many fascinating stories about literary translation and translators, the ups and downs of cross-cultural collaboration, and the recurring dilemma of faithfulness versus accuracy, from a recent article for the Guardian. Uzbek journalist ... Read more >
by Cristina Titone - cApStAn LQC intern
Mickey Mouse is the most famous rodent in the world and a true Disney icon. This popular cartoon character made its first public appearance in 1928 in the United States in the animated film "Steamboat Willie", and has appeared ... Read more >
by Steve Dept - cApStAn partner
Andrea Ferrari, one of the founders of cApStAn Linguistic Quality Control, coined that phrase a decade ago: excellence among friends. At the end of two-day training seminar for verifiers in charge of linguistic quality assurance of multiple language versions of ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
cApStAn LQC is proud to announce its official ranking as one of the Top 40 Language Service Providers (LSPs) in Western Europe by independent market research firm CSA Research.
“CSA Research is perceived as a ... Read more >
by Steve Dept - cApStAn partner
Fourteen years ago, in 2005, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) were preparing the implementation of their Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme (LAMP). The programme aimed to measure a spectrum of literacy levels in a number of developing countries. ... Read more >
by Cristina Titone - cApStAn LQC intern
"Linguistic Quality Assurance is a set of processes designed to ensure that multiple language versions of documents meet the highest standards of linguistic, cultural and functional equivalence": This is the definition of one of the main services offered ... Read more >