Our latest travel series post comes from Jiri Stejskal earlier this month. He was on holiday in the French Alps near the French/Swiss/Italian border. The languages on this sign include (top to bottom) French, English, Italian, Spanish and German. The English translation mishap (delimilated) is an example of the risk of DIY and inaccurate translations. […]
We try to cover a lot in our blog. Our goal is to provide insights into language services and languages for clients, linguists and friends. Some of our top blogs 2019 provide helpful tips and relevant updates across many industries, while others we liked just because they were fun! Following is a recap of our […]
Happy Lunar New Year 2020 from CETRA! We wish all of our friends, family, clients, linguists and colleagues across Asia a Happy Lunar New Year. The year 2020 is the year of the rat, which is predicted to be a lucky year. As the first position of the zodiac, the rat symbol represents intelligence, adaptability, […]
A study was recently published finding that emotions can get lost in translation. What the researchers found was that different cultures prescribe different words to various emotions, and words to express a particular emotion may not be found in a certain language or may have a slightly different understanding. This has impacts in many daily […]
We hope you had a joyous holiday season and Happy New Year 2020 from all of us at CETRA! Together we help people to understand each other and the world around them. We are grateful for your continued partnership. For language support or more information on our services, please contact us at info@cetra.com.
Happy Thanksgiving from our US team! We are grateful for our clients, translators, interpreters and friends this Thanksgiving season. The US is not the only country to celebrate Thanksgiving or a similar holiday. In fact, there are several other countries that have an annual thanksgiving celebration. Our US offices are closed on Thursday, 11/28 and […]
Earlier this year, CETRA had the opportunity to contribute a case study to a presentation on the integration of automation in the language industry to the Society for Technical Communication (STC). The presentation was part of the STC’s monthly roundtable, which provides professional development opportunities for technical writers. The topic that month was localization. The […]
CETRA attended the American Translators Association (ATA) conference in October this year, which was held in Palm Springs, CA. It was the 60th anniversary of the annual conference. Jiri Stejskal, CEO, and Dominika Weston, Global Resources Manager, from CETRA participated in several events and activities at ATA60. There were nearly 1,400 attendees at this year’s […]
Happy International Translation Day 2019! On September 30 each year, we say thank you to all of the talented and dedicated translators and interpreters worldwide for your hard work and dedication to the language industry. This year we are also continuing our year-long activities to recognize that 2019 is The International Year of Indigenous Languages. […]
We love music here at CETRA, and we decided to celebrate National One Hit Wonder Day in our own way. Celebrated on September 25, National One Hit Wonder Day typically recognizes a single song or artists that have one major hit. (We love you Vanilla Ice!) We decided to apply this day to words and […]
