Reno Languages News

Annoying spelling errors in Samsung TV Ads aired in the US

Álvaro Degives-Más — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:22:38 +0000

Annoying spelling errors in English language Samsung Galaxy Note TV advertising aired in the USA. Continue reading →

An interesting illustration of semantic specificity and cultural dominance

Álvaro Degives-Más — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:37:03 +0000

It’s not so much unusual for neologisms that are adopted from another language to have a very concrete meaning, which is far more specific than the word as used in the original language. A more or less random example is … Continue reading →

The Devil is in the Details

Álvaro Degives-Más — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:55:17 +0000

During an appeal hearing for a non-English-speaker who had been convicted, sentenced and incarcerated for many years, I served as Court Interpreter. In the course of the appeal proceeding, both the Prosecutor and Judge referred to the translated transcript of statements made during interrogation by police as irrefutable evidence that the petitioner had confessed to the crime. Continue reading →

Courting Disaster: The Perils of Imprecision

Álvaro Degives-Más — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:43:52 +0000

The difficulty of working with translated transcripts: during years working in courtroom situations, I encountered instances where a seemingly minor variation in language use had a truly dramatic effect on the outcome of the case. Continue reading →

If you ask for language service business, ask for it by its proper name!

Álvaro Degives-Más — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:52:46 +0000

A court reporting agency attempts with its online advertising to woo clients for its full-service product, by referring to its ancillary language service as that of 'court translators' which suggests an inattentive carelessness. Continue reading →

NITA Online server at nitaonline.org hit by power outage

Álvaro Degives-Más — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:45:48 +0000

The datacenter of the Bluehost web hosting service is experiencing a major power outage; as a result, the websites of the Nevada Interpreters & Translators Association (NITA) and the Northern Nevada International Center (NNIC) are temporarily unavailable. Continue reading →

On global footballitis, odd balls and artful penmanship

Álvaro Degives-Más — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:41:33 +0000

The World Cup 2010 edition is now upon us, and a few random observation aside - such as on the erratic Jabulani ball itself - I dwell on why I enjoy the literary blog in Babelia, the cultural supplement of Spanish newspaper El País. This, mostly because their guest contributors, all distinguished writers, reflect on the World Cup, too. Continue reading →

On possession of good football and wrong possessive prononoun skills

Álvaro Degives-Más — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:46:30 +0000

An instance of a possessive pronoun used incorrectly as a self-standing adjective in Dutch, suggesting an aglicism in its sentence structure. Also, a celebration of FC Barcelona's Spanish league title, conquered today. Continue reading →

WordCamp in the Reno-Tahoe area!

Álvaro Degives-Más — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:37:54 +0000

Reno-Tahoe WordCamp is set for June 12th, and will be held here in Reno, Nevada. Guess who's going to be there! Continue reading →

Manifiesto: "En defensa de los derechos fundamentales en internet"

Álvaro Degives-Más — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:37:55 +0000

El Consejo de Ministros aprobará hoy viernes en Sevilla - en pleno puente de San José - ese engendro llamado "Ley de Economía Sostenible", que incluye la conocida como "Ley Sinde", que permitirá el cierre de páginas web en sólo cuatro días. Me sumo a los blogs que republican hoy el manifiesto conjunto del pasado mes de diciembre. Continue reading →