verba volant, scripta manet http://wintranslation.com/blog Articles and comments about translation, multilingual DTP, different cultures and languages Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Free ecards in different languages http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=87 http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=87#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:06:37 +0000 felicia http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=87 http://wintranslation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=87 0 Historic Figures around the World http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=85 http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=85#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:26:40 +0000 felicia http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=85 Vampires are all the rage these days: movies, books, TV series, even Halloween costumes… vampires seem to be the perfect subject. Of course the most famous vampire of all time is someone from Transylvania, Romania. While everyone knows him as Dracula or Vlad the Impaler, to me he is one of the greatest Romanian leaders [...]]]> http://wintranslation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=85 0 Quiz – Driving Rules in Different Countries http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=79 http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=79#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:57 +0000 felicia http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=79 I had a very interesting experience the last time I visited my parents in Romania. I was so close to losing my licence because I turned right on a red. I completely forgot that this rule doesn’t apply everywhere. Driving rules and regulations differ from one country to another, and sometimes it might be easier [...]]]> http://wintranslation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=79 1 Let’s Talk Numbers http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=77 http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=77#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:34 +0000 felicia http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=77 Numbers – they’re everywhere! Even a minor activity like preparing dinner involves numbers sometimes. I wanted to cook a Romanian dish the other night and I used one of my mother’s old recipes. I had to use 175 grams of butter, 250 grams of flour, 500 ml of milk and a few other ingredients. But [...]]]> http://wintranslation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=77 0 Google docs new feature – translate for fun, not for business http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=74 http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=74#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:21:39 +0000 felicia http://wintranslation.com/blog/?p=74 Google has just released a new feature for Google Docs (docs.google.com) – you can now upload and translate the documents into 42 languages.

β€œAll the formatting and layout is preserved no matter what language it’s in β€” translations aren’t perfect, but we are continuously working on improving translation quality over time. We hope this new [...]]]> http://wintranslation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=74 2