ALTA’s newest free resource is the Bank Interpreter, a one page, easy to use guide for translating banking terminology between English and Spanish. The Bank Interpreter includes the following terminology in English and Spanish: -accounts -money -personal information -loan terminology...
Edith Grossman is one of the most prolific and accomplished translators on the planet. She specializes in translating great works of Spanish Literature from Spain and Latin America into English, and has translated some of the great masters of the...
_________________________________ Hemingway at Musee Grevin, Paris 2009 by Rosine Sauvage More photographs by Rosine Sauvage at ALTA’s Flickr page.
Most of us are familiar with the different types of learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. A distinctive sort of style, however, is the hallmark of internet phenomenon Marina Orlova — she uses sex appeal to teach etymology. Orlova, a...
Translation is a fine art of balancing the character of the original language and giving it new life in a fresh language. Many writers have expressed their opinions on the art of translation, and many great writers were, themselves, translators....
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Considering some of the English signage we’ve seen, the Sri Lankans did a fairly nice job. Apparently, the English speaking tourists are known for making a mess. More photographs by Rosine Sauvage can be seen at ALTA’s Flickr page.
ALTA, sponsor of The East Point Track Club, was excited to see coverage of the local competetive track cycling scene in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The story highlighted upcoming events at East Point’s Dick Lane Velodrome, which include free races...
President Obama’s recent nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court comes with the usual media sideshow of political opponents constructing all kinds of arguments against the appointment. If you remember Bork and Thomas, you know that these...
No, that’s not a set-up for a punchline. The NYT reported today that scientists at the Max Planck Institute’s Department of Genetics have engineered mice with the human language gene, FOXP2. While the altered mice did not immediately begin talking...
In the years that I’ve worked at ALTA, I’ve read a lot of literature about test design, validation techniques, and testing standards. Most of this literature comes in the form of dry, statistic-laden academic materials (apologies to all who enjoy...
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