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Bernadine Racoma is a senior content writer at Day Translations, a human translation services company. After her long stint as an international civil servant and traveling the world for 22 years, she has aggressively pursued her interest in writing and research. Like her poetry, she writes everything from the heart, and she treats each written piece a work of art. She loves dogs!
Japanese anime culture has gained such wide acceptance in many countries during the past decade, cutting through cultural and communication barriers. Such a trend can be attributed to the characteristics inherent in what constitutes and builds up this culture, or any culture for that matter….
A Mumbai student, taking a master’s degree in public relations started a hashtag, #IndianEnglish last Thursday, a post that has now become a trending topic. The post pokes fun at the way some Indians speak English, not only with an accent but with some peculiarity….
Redundancies in writing happen far too often. But it’s easier to avoid redundancies in writing than you might think! To make your written piece more concise and easier to read, you need to get to the point fast and with a clear intention. Having redundancies…
English is currently considered as the universal language. It is the lingua franca in various fields. Aside from millions of native English speakers, almost all countries in the world learn English as a second language or as a foreign language. However, despite the dominance of…
When it is your first time to visit a particular country, you might not find the places or things that you want to find. Worse, if you started walking around, you might have forgotten your way back to your hotel. Though you have electronic devices…
These days, almost all competitions are determined via public voting. This idea is mainly anchored on the fact that the people should be given the right to choose who they want to be the winner of a particular competition, as they are seen as the…
In the remote mountains of Pakistan, a group of Caucasian looking people strive. They are called the Kalash. Seeing them within the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan seems quite weird in a sense that the people of the said tribe are not of Asian descent, but…
These days, more big companies outsource their call center agents. Aside from the fact that call center agents abroad can provide the same quality service, their rates are a lot cheaper. These is why when you seek for help from call centers you will hear…
Throughout the history of mankind, significant achievements in various fields and knowledge have been documented through books and other artifacts. Sadly, the method of preservation in the past is not the same with what we have these days. Back then, they didn’t have technology to…
Translating poems and other literary works in general is difficult. This is true relative to the difficulty in translating other types of texts. Specifically, poems are even harder to translate for so many reasons. There are a lot of factors to be considered including the…
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Though Maya Angelou has already left the world, her thoughts live on. She might not have all…
With more universities becoming more open to international programs these days along with private organizations willing to provide funds for students, student exchanges and overseas internships have become more popular. Back then, only those who are on top of the class have the chance to…
