Unexpected meanings of "contrastar" and "verificarse"
It's obvious that the Spanish contrastar means "to contrast." But it also has an unexpected meaning: "to verify": He contrastado estos...
A Weekend of Legal Translation Seminars in Seattle
I will be teaching an all-day seminar on Spanish Legal Translation for the Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) on...
Parlez-vous hexagonal ?
This book about what the French call langue du bois and what we might call "doublespeak" in English is interesting to translators because...
A hidden meaning of "altura"
The meaning of "altura" that you learn in school is "height." But this word has an unexpected meaning: it also translates as "dignity."...
Antes al contrario
Note that the word "antes" is not reflected in the English translation of the Spanish phrase antes al contrario, which means "on the...
Sponsor a word in the Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language
After a visit to the offices of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (also known as the "WAT" or Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language)...
