A “diacritical mark”, more commonly known as a “written accent” added to a printed letter of the alphabet is mainly used to indicate either a change of pronunciation or indicate “stress” on the “marked” letter. The term originates from the Greek Orthodox language διακριτικός (diakritikós, or “distinguishing”). Certain diacritical marks, such as the acute ´ and grave ` are often called accents. These marks may appear above or below a letter and in some languages within the letter [...]
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As translators, interpreters and localizers, there is no doubt about it – our business is words. We spend day in and day out studying the nuances of language and working with the ins and outs of one of the primary means of human communication. And though the language industry has become increasingly corporate-focused and technology-driven [...] Kilgray Translation Technologies, an independent company dedicated to the development of clean and innovative tools, has announced the release of memoQ 4. memoQ 4 is Kilgray’s tribute to busy translation project managers who want to have more control and enable translators to work in any translation tool. Granting ease of use, collaboration, interoperability and best [...] Sometimes, the world of translation requires a little bit of translation itself – especially when it comes to acronyms. Take a look at these common localization and translation acronyms and decode some parts of the business of language: CAT: Computer-Aided Translation DTP: Desktop Publishing FQA: Formatting Quality Assurance LQA: Language Quality Assurance MLV: Multi-Language Vendor MT: Machine Translation PM: Project Management QA: Quality Assurance RLV: [...] |
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