A Summer’s Eve in Charlevoix

Join us Friday, August 17, 2018, in La Malbaie for A Summer’s Eve in Charlevoix, an exclusive garden party in joint support of Musée de Charlevoix and Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.

50 Essential Tips for Translators

We’ve picked out 50 essential tips for translators from the thousands of tweets we’ve posted since 2009. Getting Started 1. Our tweets are just a starting point. You must always add context + your professional judgment, which is why people call on your...

Translating Opera Names

Opera titles in Russian, Czech, and Hungarian tend to be translated into English when performed, but those in Italian, German, and French are given in the original language, with a number of exceptions. Here’s a handy list: The Barber of Seville Dialogues of the...

French Influence on English

English translation of Chapter 22 of Les trucs d’anglais qu’on a oublié de vous enseigner, by Anglocom president Grant Hamilton, Certified Translator People are used to bemoaning all the anglicisms that work their way into French, but did you know that...