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This expression, well visible on a wall, makes me feel uncomfortable, as I go by, because I sense that it may be warning me that I am the one who is «under fire», reason why I should be careful. Or, it may be that the author of that writing is the one who is in […]
Awarding translations by simply comparing numbers is like buying a pair a trousers and looking only at the price tag. We might end up going to work in some… inconvenient trousers. Naturally, if the translation is meant for internal use only and you have the possibility of committing your own time to proofreading, correcting and […]
Today is Letrário’s 17th anniversary! And the all world kindly decided to congratulate us. There is even a chinese cat, and a little french robot. There is also lots of music, dancing and singing in the streets… Don’t miss it.
The idea for a common language has been, throughout the centuries, the dream of many. Some even tried to achieve it. According to Father Joahann Schleyer, after being visited by God, Who assured him it was about time that mankind spoke the same language, he got down to business and created a language that would […]
Now that the holidays are drawing nearer, we will be out and about trying to decipher the instructions left for tourists, in some cases, in several languages. Therefore, we will be very busy translating or looking for the translation that would suit us best in every time… of need. In this post’s featured picture, we […]
Any company that operates in the global market will always be evaluated also by the reputation of the country where they are from. Since last Sunday, Letrário is seen as a company from the country that is the European champion. From the country that achieves, in spite of moths and injuries; in spite of all […]
Portuguese and Spanish are both languages that come from Latin. It’s no wonder, therefore, that they have some similar words; even some in common. Translators, however, face a big challenge when translating between them: the false friends. This means words that are very similar, but have total different senses. Take this example: «zurdo» (Spanish) and […]
Here is another of our rare words. The ones we collect like exotic butterflies. Have a guess at the translation into English, Spanish, German and Italian. And if you know the translation in any other language, share it with us. Help us build our collection of rare words like exotic butterflies. In the meantime click […]
