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Smart contract
Smart contracts are computer protocols that facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract, or that obviate the need for a contractual clause.
 

Overpopulation
Overpopulation is not simply a function of the size or density of the population, but rather the number of individuals compared to the resources (for example, food production or water resources) needed for survival or well-being.
 

Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gases are components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect.
 

Canadian government threatens to ignore law respecting Kyoto Protocol
Members of Stephen Harper's Conservative government said Friday that the government of Canada may ignore an upcoming House of Commons bill to respect the Kyoto accord.
 

China to effectively fight Internet piracy
Under criticism from its Western trading partners, China is working toward an effective resolution of issues regarding illegal downloading of movies and videos protected by copyright law.
 

See Your Website Through Your Visitors Eyes
there is a company who has performed in-depth testing for you, revealing the common behaviors of people viewing web pages.
 

Why Doesn’t the Buyer Respond to Your Email or Phone Call?
All the vendors talk about their quality, service, price, on-time delivery and how they can deliver the translation in any of forty languages.
 

How to Create an E-Mail Marketing Calendar B2B E-Mail Marketing
With fall campaigns on the horizon, why not take a step back now and plan your e-mail calendar in advance?
 

How To Get Your Kids To Speak Your Language
This experience had to do with preserving Spanish for our kids but the principles are valid for anyone trying to help their kids speak and preserve any language and culture.
 

La importancia del tiempo para un traductor independiente
Los que no conocen mucho este trabajo, normalmente piensan que ser independiente significa tener más libertad de acción respecto a la que se pueda tener trabajando como empleado.
 

Translating Law Texts is Translating Culture
Civil, Common or Customary: Which law do you follow?
 

Conventions on the rights of the Child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children.
 

How valuable time can be to a freelance translator and how to organise your workday and life. By Maria Antonietta Ricagno Torino, Italy
What's a freelance translator
 

Is Translation Natural? Ali Darwish
There are those who believe that translation is a natural human function like breathing, talking and walking. I beg to differ.
 

Why Are Most Translators Underpaid?
A descriptive explanation using asymmetric information and a suggested solution from signaling theory by Andy Lung Jan Chan Open University of Hong Kong and Ph.D. Program in Translation and Intercultural Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
 

The Challenges of Being a Translator on the Eve of the 21st Century by Frédéric Houbert
Most senior translators will probably tell you that starting a career as a freelance translator 20 or 30 years ago was a relatively simple matter: all you needed then was appropriate language skills, a reliable typewriter and a fair idea of how to find clients and keep them.
 

Hyperformality, Politeness Markers and Vulgarity by Zsuzsanna Ardó
How do you feel about saying four-letter words in public? When do you translate bastard as bastard and when do you replace it with a euphemism? Do you retain Your Honour on each and every occurance?
 

Do you love language? Do you speak and write two or more languages fluently?
If so, you might want to consider a career as a translator or interpreter.
 

The Problem of Terminological Equivalence in International Maritime Law:
the case of hypothèque and mortgage in the document Final Act and International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages by Gemma Capellas-Espuny
 

El traductor y el derecho de autor
En la presente exposición, se analizará si el traductor se considera y protege por las normas del derecho de autor como creador de obras, con particular referencia a la legislación nacional, pero antes se debe hacer un poco de historia. Según Daniel Rocha, en su artículo El traductor...
 

Creating A Logo By: Vann Baker
First Things First Having a business card is usually the first priority for any business. Without a business card, it’s almost impossible to network and meet with new clients.
 

DIANA JANK ANDREAS TAES PIET VERLEYSEN Computerised Workflow in the Translation Service and its transportability to translation centres in the associated countries
Introduction This paper contains a description of the current computer environment and working methods of the European Commission’s Translation Service.
 

DIMITRI THEOLOGITIS ...and the Profession?
(The Impact of New Technology on the Translator)
 

Translation Technology at the European Commission:
Description of a Workflowhe following describes the different translation technologies which are currently available in the Translation Service (SdT) of the European Commission.
 

Image and Self Image: Public and Private Perceptions of the Translation Tim MartinEuropean Commission Translation Service, Luxembourg
In so far as there is any public perception of the translator at all, and assuming it does not confuse translating with the very different activity of interpreting, perhaps the most readily conjured image of the translator is that of a latter-day scribe or amanuensis.
 

The Hidden Life of Translators The quest for the roots of quality by Bill Fraser and Helen Titchen Beeth, Translation Service, European Commission
Introduction This article deals with three different aspects of translating. The material it contains has been collected, developed and condensed from a series of workshops for translators which we have been conducting at the European Commission.
 

Traducción De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre.
La traducción es una actividad que comprende la interpretación del significado de un texto en un idioma (el llamado texto origen) a un texto equivalente en otro idioma (llamado texto meta), que se conoce propiamente como traducción.
 

Untranslatability From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Untranslatability is a property of a text, or of any utterance, in one language, for which no equivalent text or utterance can be found in another language.
 

Where do Translators Fit into Machine Translation? by Alexander Gross
A. Original Questions Here are the original questions for this panel as submitted to the speakers:
 

Uso práctico del metamodelo en el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera Nancy Topol
Una estupenda manera de mejorar el aprendizaje de un idioma es desafiando las imprecisiones lingüísticas con las que el alumno da su opinión al encontrar dificultades en su proceso de aprendizaje.
 

Reencuadre en seis pasos aplicado al aprendizaje de un idioma extranjero Nancy Topol
Cuando se presentan un bloqueo o una traba al estudiar un idioma extranjero, es de vital importancia identificar claramente la dificultad que se origina, y, para neutralizarla, es conveniente adoptar un punto de vista distinto al habitual...
 

Computer-assisted translation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Computer-assisted translation vs. Machine translation Although the two concepts are similar, computer-assisted translation should not be confused with machine translation (MT).
 

Legal translation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Legal translation is the translation of texts within the field of law. As law is a culture-dependent subject field, legal translation is not a simple task.
 

¿Que es la traducción?
La traducción es una actividad humana universal necesaria en todas las épocas por los múltiples contactos entre comunidades...