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Post-Editing Machine Translation
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Author, Anonymous
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Discover Translation
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6
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3
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2
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1
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25
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23
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22
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We are Family! Language Families
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19
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18
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17
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16
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Translation Style and Tone
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12
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Quirky languages of the world!
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11
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European vs Brazilian Portuguese
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10
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The role of the internal reviewer
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8
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Paraprosdokians, because we all love a twist
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4
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3
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29
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The Etymology of the word ‘Vaccine’
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28
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27
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26
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25
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What is Translation Memory?
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22
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English: the Lingua Franca of Science (2)
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21
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20
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19
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18
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English: the Lingua Franca of Science
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15
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14
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What should I be using machine translation for?
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13
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12
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11
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6
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Coronavirus pandemic: Can we learn from the Plague?
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5
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A Brief History of Sign Language: Part Two
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4
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The Etymology of Privilege
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29
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28
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A Brief History of Sign Language
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27
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Lost in Translation: When Translators Fail!
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24
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Janus Words: Duality and contradiction
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20
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Nicaraguan Sign Language: Linguistic Implications
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The wonderful world of Etymology
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15
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Nicaraguan Sign Language: A linguistic phenomenon
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13
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Sushruta Samhita: the first surgical manual
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10
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How to translate WooCommerce sites and expand your market (5)
April
8
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How to translate WooCommerce sites and expand your market (4)
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How to translate WooCommerce sites and expand your market (2)
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Learn how to spot fake news
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Remote learning in the time of COVID-19
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Some interesting facts about Quarantine
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Gairaigo, Japanese Loanwords
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11
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In-house vs. outsource
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9
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Bilingual Babies
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6
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Loanwords – Give them back!
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Speaking Zoomer (Neural Machine Translation)
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Why do only human apes ask questions?
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28
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How to learn a second language… as an adult
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26
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Reducing the hassle of translation!
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Language Learning with Apps
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19
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Go multilingual with WordPress WPML
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The Importance of Language in eCommerce
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Machine translation and the future for translators
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10
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False Friends
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Language Localisation
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The etymology of chocolate
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20
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The differences between Indian and British English
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Is there such a thing as correct English?
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What is Sworn Translation… and why it matters!
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13
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11
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2
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14
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12
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How to translate technical manuals
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4
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28
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28
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24
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13
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11
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23
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22
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18
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17
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16
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11
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An introduction to translation software
July
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5 Tips to becoming a successful translator
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19
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How to boost organic website traffic with content translation
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5 Tips on how to choose a translation agency
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Ebonics – the English spoken by the African American community
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Writing scientific publications in English and Scots
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How to translate your Amazon offering for foreign markets
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Not even large corporations are safe from translation blunders
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Google Translate and Wikipedia
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The language of animals
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