Comments for Austin Area Translators & Interpreters Association http://aatia.net/blog www.aatia.net Sun, 09 May 2010 22:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on AATIA’s Aynesworth Helps Foreign Policy Overcome the Language Barrier by Esther Diaz http://aatia.net/blog/2010/05/09/aatias-aynesworth-helps-foreign-policy-overcome-the-language-barrier/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Esther Diaz Sun, 09 May 2010 22:44:31 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/2010/05/09/aatias-aynesworth-helps-foreign-policy-overcome-the-language-barrier/#comment-249 Congratulations Michele! Congratulations Michele!

]]> Comment on Ben Teague fatally shot by U. of Georgia professor by eggplant http://aatia.net/blog/2009/04/26/ben-teague-fatally-shot/comment-page-1/#comment-105 eggplant Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:34:48 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/?p=1002#comment-105 This is terrible news for anyone who knew Ben and Fran. Ben was my mentor in the mid-70's, and I would not have become a translator without his help and encouragement. Besides being a translator and a theater aficionado, he was a kind and generous human being with a nimble mind. What a loss. Dolly Anderson Dearner This is terrible news for anyone who knew Ben and Fran. Ben was my mentor in the mid-70’s, and I would not have become a translator without his help and encouragement.
Besides being a translator and a theater aficionado, he was a kind and generous human being with a nimble mind. What a loss.

Dolly Anderson Dearner

]]> Comment on Downloadable Apple manuals by Laura Vlasman http://aatia.net/blog/2009/04/02/downloadable-apple-manuals/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Laura Vlasman Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:29:38 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/?p=944#comment-104 And if you are a translator who uses a Mac, here's a blog with some useful tips: http://mac4translators.blogspot.com/ And if you are a translator who uses a Mac, here’s a blog with some useful tips: http://mac4translators.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on What’s in it for me? by bbccff http://aatia.net/blog/2008/12/30/whats-in-it-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-101 bbccff Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:47:03 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/?p=774#comment-101 Since “el prevenido vale por dos” is an idiomatic saying whose loose translation (“when you’re forewarned you’re worth twice as much”) sounds weak and awkward to Anglo ears, I would just translate it into another common idiomatic saying with roughly the same meaning: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Since “el prevenido vale por dos” is an idiomatic saying whose loose translation (“when you’re forewarned you’re worth twice as much”) sounds weak and awkward to Anglo ears, I would just translate it into another common idiomatic saying with roughly the same meaning: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

]]> Comment on Nifty Utilities – Convert by tomazaz http://aatia.net/blog/2008/12/01/nifty-utilities-convert/comment-page-1/#comment-98 tomazaz Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:39:29 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/?p=688#comment-98 There is plenty of online unit converters, just open your browser and type http://www.convertcenter.com No need to install any software. There is plenty of online unit converters, just open your browser and type http://www.convertcenter.com
No need to install any software.

]]> Comment on Summer Source now online by Marian Schwartz http://aatia.net/blog/2008/08/29/summer-source-now-online/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Marian Schwartz Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:10:04 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/2008/08/29/summer-source-now-online/#comment-88 Congratulations, Michele! Congratulations, Michele!

]]> Comment on Register now for Tools for Translators! by claudette hollis http://aatia.net/blog/2008/08/05/register-tools-translators/comment-page-1/#comment-86 claudette hollis Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:22:27 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/?p=331#comment-86 Please register me for the tools for translators workshop on Sept. 6. Please send me details via e-mail. Please register me for the tools for translators workshop on Sept. 6.

Please send me details via e-mail.

]]> Comment on OMG! by Michael Conner http://aatia.net/blog/2008/07/17/omg/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Michael Conner Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:49:28 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/?p=273#comment-84 Text messaging abbreviations used by Chinese: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-chinese.text.0812aug12,0,606145.story 88! Text messaging abbreviations used by Chinese: http://www.chicagotribune.com/…..6145.story

88!

]]> Comment on Beijing and Tiananmen by Michael Conner http://aatia.net/blog/2008/08/11/beijing-and-tiananmen/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Michael Conner Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:17:26 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/2008/08/11/beijing-and-tiananmen/#comment-83 Coincidentally, the Language Hat blog had a similar post this morning http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003213.php that tries to set the record straight on the pronunciation of Ossetia. According to the author, it is "ah-SEE-shuh" rather than the more commonly heard "ah-SET-ee-uh," the latter being "another case of hyperforeignification, like bei-ZHING." Evidently at least one CNN reporter, Barbara Starr, got it right this afternoon as she reported on the conflict in the Caucasus. First time I'd heard it pronounced that way. Coincidentally, the Language Hat blog had a similar post this morning http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003213.php that tries to set the record straight on the pronunciation of Ossetia.

According to the author, it is “ah-SEE-shuh” rather than the more commonly heard “ah-SET-ee-uh,” the latter being “another case of hyperforeignification, like bei-ZHING.”

Evidently at least one CNN reporter, Barbara Starr, got it right this afternoon as she reported on the conflict in the Caucasus. First time I’d heard it pronounced that way.

]]> Comment on WSJ reviews Schwartz translation by Laura Vlasman http://aatia.net/blog/2008/07/19/wsj-reviews-schwartz-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Laura Vlasman Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:48 +0000 http://aatia.net/blog/2008/07/19/wsj-reviews-schwartz-translation/#comment-80 What Tony said! Well done! What Tony said! Well done!

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