Idea Translations – Virginia

In an increasingly digital world where people move around on different platforms and interact using different channels, memorable experiences provided by organizations are essential. In their marketing strategies, leading companies focus on understanding their customers’ journeys and satisfying their needs and preferences. Faced with this scenario, how crucial is a good translation for an excellent […]

PROJECT SUMMARY Client: Portland Public SchoolsService: Translation, Editing, DTP and ProofreadingFormat: Math Workbooks and lesson materialsSubject Matter: EducationVolume: A workbook of 5 or 6 units each for grades K to 5, about 500 pages per grade

Although they are often used as synonyms, bilingual editing (also called bilingual revision) is not the same as proofreading. They are two distinct and yet complementary steps, carried out at different stages within a translation process and by different professionals.

The writer and translator Jorge Luis Borges once said, “each language is a way of feeling and perceiving the universe”. And although the author of El Aleph did not prefer literal translations, he stated that “partial and precious evidence of the difficulties that (the text) undergoes remains in its translations,” he also warned that literal […]

Since the beginning, scientific information has been closely related to translation. Sharing, making something available to the public, is a fundamental goal shared by both science and translation. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “popularize” means “to cause to be liked or esteemed“, as well as “to present in generally understandable or interesting form“. Ethics and […]

A long-awaited event by millions of people like the Football World Cup brought along astounding sociocultural diversity: more than 3 million tickets were sold for the matches (split into eight stadiums) and millions of fans watched the games from their houses through several platforms. Inside and outside the field, such passion for the sport brought […]