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There’s a massive range of benefits to learning a foreign language. You can travel more, make connections with people, and even improve your mental health. The top benefit, though, is the jobs you can get. When you know another language, you’ll really open doors for…
Europe is the origin of some of the greatest civilizations and cultures of the world. It is diverse culturally and linguistically. But some of its mysteries still await discovery. One would think that Europe is a vast continent. However, its land area is just about…
Writers and editors have trusty friends in dictionaries and style guides. Several dictionaries are available although many are comfortable using the dictionary published by Webster. When it comes to style guides, two are in use, particularly in the United States, the Associated Press (AP) Style…
Globally, English is one of the most spoken and popular languages. Many English speakers believe that other cultures will understand the English words they use, without realizing that some of the words in English have different connotations or meanings in different languages. Many of these…
Once there was Czechoslovakia, a Central European sovereign state that was formed in 1918. It belonged to the Soviet bloc from 1948 to 1945. It successfully removed the communist government during their Velvet Revolution in 1989. In the beginning of January 1993, Czechoslovakia divided into…
Shigetaka Kurita, a Japanese designer, invented emoji or emojis in 1999 while working with a team on the i-mode mobile Internet platform of NTT DoCoMo. He was inspired by the symbols used in weather forecasts, manga, street signs and Chinese characters. The emojis were initially…
Language services come in two major components, translation and interpreting. Each one has several sub-branches, specific services to cater to different topics. One sub-branch under translation is transcription, which is currently one of the fastest growing jobs in the United States. Transcription converts audio files…
The nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. is a beautiful compact federal district that measures 68.34 sq. mi (177.0 km2). It is home to an estimated population of 681,170, which reaches about one million during the workweek and it’s home to the most embassies in the country…
Right around the same time as Chinese New Year, on 28th January, we decided to open a new office in Shanghai. As part of our growth initiatives for 2017, Day Translations is expanding our presence in this vast and beautiful land. But, what is it…
Employers in general, look for special characteristics in the personnel they hire: Responsibility, self accountability, vision, confidence, etcetera. But there are some specific traits that law firms and lawyers look for when they are on the market to hire legal assistants. Paralegals are a key…
Proofreading is the process of examining written text carefully to spot and rectify typographical errors as well as correct spelling, style and grammar mistakes. While it is already difficult to proofread the work of others, it is doubly difficult to proofread your own work. Moreover,…
A few months ago a team of 30 Russian scientists led by Dmitry Itskov, a Russian billionaire and founder of the “2045 Initiative,” announced that they have laid out the plan for their project that envisions living forever – or humans being immortals. The project aims…
