by grant | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog, Translator Toolbox
This article originally appeared in The Chronicle, the journal of the American Translators Association Just north of New England lies the Canadian province of Quebec. Unlike other parts of Canada that bear some resemblance to the U.S., Quebec is never mistaken for an...
by grant | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog, Translator Toolbox
Some relatively common French words are surprisingly hard to translate into English. It’s almost as if the very concept doesn’t exist in English. Words that could convey the exact same idea remain on the tip of the tongue, so to speak. This post presents a few of the...
by grant | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog, Translator Toolbox
Here are more French words that tend to stump native English speakers. As we saw in Part I of this series, every linguistic group perceives and describes reality a little differently. What’s normal in one language (saying that a child has been “good,” for example) can...
by grant | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog, Translator Toolbox
Every language perceives and describes reality in its own way. In one language you “lose your life,” and in another you “find death.” The “first floor” in France is the “second floor” in North America. Each language has its own way of describing reality and each has...
