by mitra | Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
With the start of 2017, each of us takes a look at the future filled with hope. In the first days of January, we set our goals and make plans for our future development. Instead of outlining a “bright future“, we, at Mitra Translations, are going to ask ourselves a...
by mitra | Dec 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you’re a professional translator or work in the translation industry, we bet you’re tired of hearing this question over and over again. If you don’t travel abroad, don’t live or work in a big city, or don’t do international business, maybe all you need to translate...
by mitra | Oct 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
History has seen situations where people had to deal with more than one language. In translation, however, there are often two faces. Just think of the Italian pun “traduttore, tradittore” (‘translator, traitor’). Yet people still respect and recognize the skills of...
by mitra | May 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Knowing how to speak two languages is not the same thing as knowing how to translate. Translation is a special skill that professionals work hard to develop. In their book Found in Translation, professional translators Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche give a spirited...
by mitra | May 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
TALK into your phone in any of the big European languages and a Google app can now turn your words into a foreign language, either in text form or as an electronic voice. Skype said recently that it would offer much the same (in English and Spanish only). But claims...
