A while ago I posted about errors in the Spanish-language translations by @LaCasaBlanca of President @RealDonaldTrump. Yesterday, Jesús Rodríguez at Politico posted an excellent assessment of the translations by Democratic presidential candidates’ websites, “Latino outreach or Google Translate? 2020 Dems …
The Hispanic population of Richmond is set to increase rapidly over the next 25 years, per new projections. By 2040, Hispanics will represent 1/3 of the population of Richmond. This represents a huge shift in the makeup of the area, and to …
RVA Times Are A Changin’ / Grandes cambios en Richmond Read more »
When President Trump took office in January, the Spanish version of the White House’s website vanished with the promise that it will be restored. Almost two months later, it is not back and they are “still building it.” (Here is …
Just as there is much political discord in Washington DC, translators also cannot agree on the new U.S. president’s famous slogan: Make America Great Again. According to an article (in Spanish) in Spain’s newspaper El País, translators have not reached consensus on …
In honor of tonight’s first presidential debate, I thought I would post the candidates’ information in both English and Spanish to help inform fellow voters: Hillary Clinton’s site in English El sitio de Hillary Clinton en Español Donald Trump’s site …
Check out a recent translation performed by ReadyLanguages for the Sacred Heart Center in Richmond, Virginia. Even if you don’t speak Spanish, you can read the English version. Enjoy! Original English: A Day at ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Traducción por …
I’m a little late posting about this, but I’ve been busy successfully completing and defending a dissertation and all. 🙂 The U.S. presidential election has taught us all a lot, mostly lessons we did not want to learn. Donald Trump …
Imagine: You have spent nine months in a classroom doing intensive learning. You’ve been studying 4-5 days out of seven each week, and fine-tuning your foreign language skills. Then, June rolls around and you stop learning at that pace. Or …
Attention, Richmonders and those affected by our first major tormenta de nieve of 2016! If you are a student of Spanish and stuck inside for the weekend, why not curl up by the fire (or by a virtual fire) with un buen libro? …
Oh the weather outside is…perfect for curling up with un libro! Read more »
If you were going to advertise your business, would you want a typo in it? This came up in our Facebook feed this week: Have you found the error? The company featured did not. If you don’t speak Spanish, it …