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“Prisoners of Saydnaya: 5 stories of survival, suffering, and resilience”

‘Woman searching through cells at Sednaya Prison.’ The prison has been opened to the public. Photo: Telegram via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Saydnaya Prison, a notorious detention facility located just outside of Damascus, Syria, has become a symbol of human rights abuses and the horrors of Syria’s ongoing civil war. For years, it has been a place where thousands of Syrians, from political…

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Which Arabic Dialect Should I Learn?

The Arabic language is a Semitic language spoken by people in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Middle East.  Even today, it remains one of the most spoken languages across the globe, with countless learners striving to master it. There are three main versions of the Arabic language: Quranic or Classical, Modern Standard, and Colloquial or Daily. Roughly 25 dialects fall under these…

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What makes a good translator?

1. Professionalism: Ethics are very important in translation. You need to know when to preserve confidentiality, and when to refuse a job because you are not competent to do it.   2. Networking skills: People think translation is a solitary activity but in fact translators often work in virtual teams, revising each others’ work or sharing big projects. Project managers have to manage big teams…

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Prototyping Arab is not funny

Muslim man sitting in restaurant Are you Arab? What are you doing in Brazil? Arab are rich, having oil and gas, what are you doing in this poor country? Seems you don’t know how to use Google, go, search and read. A simple conversation occurred between me and one of my last work colleagues. Actually, it was mentioning Syria more than Arab, but the same converse apply. It was not the first time,…

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The Right to Anonymity in MENA Region

The Right to Anonymity in MENA Region

  Posted originally by Rami AlHames on January 13, 2015 on Rami’s Diplo Blog The Power & Price of Anonymity Online Free use of the Internet has opened the way for the creation and accumulation of innovation and spread of knowledge. Though that it facilitates social, cultural and political interactions across the world, today, this freedom is in jeopardy due to the desire of Internet providers…

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"We all speak Arabic at home"

The southern Turkish province of Hatay has a large Arabic-speaking population. Beside the refugees who came in the past ten years, an ancient Syrian dialect is still spoken. Janbert Gazali, 25, still remembers the moments of panic he went through when he woke up to the news that his city of Iskenderun, in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, completely collapsed to the tremors of a…

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Paralympics ceremony in Syria faces backlash and censorship amid accusations of paganism

“Lighting the Olympic Flame in Idlib: Between Cultural Symbolism and Accusations of Pagan Rituals.” The photo via Abd Alfatah Sh Omar on his Facebook Page. CC BY 4.0. In Idlib, northern Syria, the Violet Organization, a humanitarian team, organized a sports event featuring the lighting of the Olympic flame as part of the local Paralympic Games’ opening ceremony. This event sparked widespread…

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كتاب يسرد قصة إمبراطورية رجل دين برازيلي: كنيسة وبنك وحزب سياسي

كتاب يسرد قصة إمبراطورية رجل دين برازيلي: كنيسة وبنك وحزب سياسي

أمضى جيلبرتو ناسيمنتو معظم حياته المهنية في تغطية مواضيع تتعلق بالدين والسياسة. الصورة: مؤسسة الأدب. مستخدمة بإذن

ترجم المقال من موقع الأصوات العالمية باللغة البرتغالية. يمكنك قراءة المقال الأصلي هنا

مع عمر يناهز 75، يمتلك رجل الدين البرازيلي إدير ماسيدو إمبراطورية: يمتلك ثاني أكبر شبكة تلفزيونية في البرازيل (تلفزيون ريكورد)، حزب سياسي (الجمهوريون)، بنك رينر، كما يقود أحد أقوى المجتمعات المسيحية…

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الأصوات العالمية في زمن كوفيد-19

الأصوات العالمية في زمن كوفيد-19

الأصوات العالمية في زمن كوفيد-19. رسم لجير كلارك

المقال عن مدونة مجتمع الأصوات العالمية

كمجتمع معتاد على العمل عن بعد، كأفراد لسنا في مأمن من آثار التغييرات التي تحدث على العالم خلال جائحة كوفيد-19. إن شدة هذا الفيروس يمكن أن تقلب حياة حتى أكثر أعضاء مجتمعنا محافظة.

أداء الأصوات العالمية قوي بشكل لا يصدق استجابة لهذه الأزمة. تقدير خاص لكل العمل الشاق الذي تقومون به على مدار الشهرين…

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Human connections will always beat Google Translate

Human connections will always beat Google Translate

MICHAEL SKAPINKER, 28 Jan 2020, via FT

Guided visits: learning a language helps us have richer human interactions © Christian Science Monitor via Ge

A principal at a North Carolina middle school thought it would be a warm gesture to translate her “welcome to a new year” letter into Spanish for the many parents who spoke the language at home. She used Google Translate, which also translated…

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#translation #translator #arabe #português https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz_9fv3liok/?igshid=1vshsl3kqo12n

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Posso te enviar meu currículo?

Posso te enviar meu currículo?

Posso te enviar meu currículo? Muito provavelmente  você já ouviu essa pergunta e, se não ouviu, talvez seja você que esteja perguntando isso para as todo mundo que encontra pela frente. Diariamente recebo inbox de gente pedindo que eu dê uma olhada no seu CV e envie para algum contato meu.   Posso contar uma verdade inconveniente?  Por mais que me esforce para ajudar, é impossível olhar todos. E…

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10 reasons why Brazilians love Donald Trump

10 reasons why Brazilians love Donald Trump

Via Robert M. Richeson, G3PL

Brazilians are always asking me about President Trump so I decided to pass on their comments when I would ask them what they think. Their mainstream media had them deceived at first but I showed them how to logically determine what is fake and true. At first they were very negative but because of social media, they were able to do some research and find the facts…

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Quanto cobrar por uma tradução?

Quanto cobrar por uma tradução?

Por Jorge Rogério Penha Rodrigues no Linkedin

Quando alguém pergunta (em geral, iniciantes) nos grupos de tradução do Facebook quanto cobrar por uma tradução, quase sempre aparece quem sugira cobrar pela tabela de preços orientativos do SINTRA (Sindicato Nacional dos Tradutores), que está aqui:

https://www.sintra.org.br/valores-de-referencia-2018/

Só que essa resposta, na…

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mesma forma que julgarem, vocês serão julgados. #arabe #arabiccalligraphy https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLDaiEFk9r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17w5qb4uys3kx

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5 Reasons Why the Localization Industry is Built Backwards

5 Reasons Why the Localization Industry is Built Backwards

Written by Gabriel Fairman, the founder and CEO of Bureau Works.

Doctors, lawyers, accountants and other specialized professionals enjoy the privilege of charging hundreds of dollars an hour for their expertise. Translators do not. Why is that?

1) Supply vs. Demand

It takes a lot of money and time to become a doctor. Anyone who speaks another language, can postulate themselves as a translator.…