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Cómo encontrar tu primer encargo de traducción y no desfallecer en el intento: algunas ideas para empezar a traducir.
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Cuando te contacta una agencia para que le entregues un archivo un lanto largo… ¡para ayer!
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When a newbie translator earns his/her first check...
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Touchèe. Looking for comical mistranslation.
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So true. #words #quote #life #wordnerd #pages #paper #reading #books #wisdom #bookishthings #india #Bombay
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Free Online Language Courses
*UPDATED* Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. Some are short, some are very interactive, some are very in-depth. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. I checked each link to make sure they are functioning.
Spanish
Beginner
AP Spanish Language & Culture
Basic Spanish for English Speakers
Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink
Fastbreak Spanish
How to Self-Study Spanish
Preparing for the AP Spanish Exam
Spanish for Beginners
Intermediate
Spanish:Ciudades con Historia
Spanish:Espacios Públicos
Advanced
Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones
La Innovación Social (Check under Translation)
Leer a Macondo (Taught in Spanish)
Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos
Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas
Reading Spanish Literature
French
Beginner
AP French Language and Culture
Basic French Skills
Beginner’s French: Food & Drink
Diploma in French
Elementary French I
Elementary French II
Français Interactif
French in Action
French Language Studies I
French Language Studies II
French Language Studies III
French:Ouverture
French Through Stories and Conversation
Improving Your French
Mastering French Grammar and Vocab
Intermediate
French: Le Quatorze Juillet
Passe Partout
Advanced
Fantasy, de l'Angleterre Victorienne au Trône de fer
La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie
Les Chansons des Troubadours
Reading French Literature
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners
Curso de Português para Estrangeiros
Italian
Beginner
Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink
Beginner Italian I
Introduction to Italian
Oggi e Domani
Survive Italy Without Being Fluent
Intermediate
Intermediate Italian I
Advanced
Advanced Italian I
Italian Literature
Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century
L'innovazione Sociale (Check language under translation)
Reading Italian Literature
Catalan
Intro to Catalan Sign Language
Latin
Latin I (Taught in Italian)
Russian
Beginner
Basics of Russian
Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian
Russian Alphabet
Russian Essentials
Russian for Beginners
Russian Level I
Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation
Reading and Writing Russian
Travel Russian
Advanced
Business Russian (must register)
Let Us Speak Russian (must register)
Reading Master and Margarita
Russian as an Instrument of Communication
Siberia: Russian for Foreigners
Ukrainian
Read Ukrainian
Ukrainian Language for Beginners
Kazakh
A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)
Chinese
Beginner
Basic Chinese
Basic Mandarin Chinese I
Basic Mandarin Chinese II
Beginner’s Chinese
Chinese for Beginners
Chinese Characters
Chinese for Travelers
Chinese is Easy
Chinese Made Easy
Easy Mandarin
First Year Chinese I
First Year Chinese II
Learn Oral Chinese
Mandarin Chinese I
Start Talking Mandarin Chinese
UT Gateway to Chinese
Intermediate
Intermediate Business Chinese
Intermediate Chinese
Intermediate Chinese Grammar
Japanese
Beginner’s Conversational Japanese
Genki
Japanese JOSHU
Learn 80 JLPT N5 Kanji I
Learn 80 JLPT N5 Kanji II
Learn 80 JLPT N5 Kanji III
Learn 80 JLPT N5 Kanji IV
Korean
Beginner
First Step Korean
How to Study Korean
Pathway to Spoken Korean
Intermediate
Intermediate Korean
Dutch
Introduction to Dutch
German
Beginner
Basic German
Basic Language Skills
Beginner’s German: Food & Drink
Conversational German I
Conversational German II
Conversational German III
Conversational German IV
Deutsch im Blick
Diploma in German
German A1 Grammar
German Alphabet
German Modal Verbs
Present Tense German
Rundblick-Beginner’s German
Study German Language from Native Speakers
Advanced
German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte
Landschaftliche Vielfalt
Reading German Literature
Norwegian
Learn The Norwegian Language
Norwegian on the Web
Swedish
Intro to Swedish
Finnish
A Taste of Finnish
Basic Finnish
Finnish for Immigrants
Finnish for Medical Professionals
Frisian
Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)
Icelandic
Icelandic 1-5
Arabic
Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)
Arabic Language for Beginners
Arabic Without Walls
Conversational Arabic Made Easy
Intro to Arabic
Lebanese Arabic
Madinah Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Read Arabic
Hebrew
Hebrew Alphabet Crashcourse
Know the Hebrew Alphabet
Hindi
A Door into Hindi
Business Hindi
Virtual Hindi
Indonesian
Learn Indonesian
Nepali
Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar
Welsh
Beginner’s Welsh
Discovering Wales
Irish
Introduction to Irish
Multiple Languages
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/global-studies-and-languages/ : MIT’s open courseware site has assignments and course material available.
I’ll keep an eye out for new courses and if you know of any, let me know so I can update this list.
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Castilian Spanish slang
Disclaimer: some of these words are really vulgar or rude, use at your own risk!
Tío/a = Dude [Tío, ¿qué dices?]
Pavo/a = Guy, girl [¿Quién es ese pavo?]
Ir a saco = Go all out, not beat about the bush [Este tío siempre va a saco con las mujeres, qué asco]
A tomar por saco / A tomar por culo = Fuck off [Vete a tomar por culo, eres un imbécil]
Pirarse = To leave [Me piro, que tengo muchas cosas por hacer / Pírate tío, no queremos que vengas con nosotros]
Pillar = To buy or To grab or To catch [Píllame una cerveza cuando te pases por el super, porfa // pilla tus cosas, nos piramos // creo que he pillado un resfriado]
Ser un/a cortado/a = To be a very shy and self-conscious person [al principio es muy cortado, pero cuando te pilla confianza no calla nunca]
Qué corte = It’s so embarrasing [qué corte, mis padres me han pillado mirando porno / joder, menudo corte me da hablar con esa chica]
Alucinar = It assumes the object you’re praising has had such an impact it is comparable to a hallucinogenic drug [Alucina, Cristina está embarazada / este coche es de alucine, tío]
Pasta = Money [Ojalá tuviese suficiente pasta para pillarme un coche nuevo]
Pavos = Money (euros) [Esta tablet cuesta 300 pavos]
Dar por culo = To bother [Este tío está dando mucho por culo, qué pesado]
Curro = Job, work [No tengo curro, así que no tengo pasta]
Currar = To work [Hoy no puedo salir, mañana tengo que currar]
Birra = Beer [¿Nos vamos a por unas birras?]
Chungo/a = Dodgy or Sick [Esta tía es muy chunga, no te le acerques / Estoy chungo, tengo la gripe]
Estar taja = To be drunk [Estoy muy taja, tío]
Joder = Fuck [Joder, que frío hace]
Hortero/a = Tacky [Esta chaqueta es muy hortera, tío. No te la compres]
Me abro = I’m leaving [Estoy cansado, me abro]
Bajón = A downer [Me pilló un bajón cuando vi a mi ex con otro pavo]
Cutre = Shabby or Stingy, tight [Este bar es muy cutre, mejor nos abrimos // Este pavo no invita a nadie nunca, es un cutre]
Taja = Drunkenness [Menuda taja llevo encima]
Tajarla = To get drunk [Vamos a tajarla, no quiero aburrirme esta noche]
Bicho = Someone ugly [Joder, vaya bicho / Contigo no, bicho]
Ser un cachondo = To be extroverted and funny [Javi es un cachondo, me cae muy bien] (it’s NOT the same as “estar cachondo, which means to be horny!)
De puta madre = Awesome, great [Esta comida está de puta madre]
Ni de coña = No way [Ni de coña me gasto 100 pavos en un regalo]
Acojonarse = To be scared [Estoy acojonado, ni de coña voy al cementerio de noche]
Estar depre = To be really sad [Está muy depre, debemos hacer algo para que se anime] (even though depre stands for depression, it doesn’t mean a literal depression)
Me parto = LOL [Me parto contigo, tío]
Me meo = LOL (too) [¡Ay que me meo!]
Ser buena gente = To be a good person [Es buena gente, puedes confiar en él]
Ni zorra = No idea [Ni zorra, tío]
Ni puta idea = No idea (too) [No tengo ni puta idea]
Camello = Drug trader [Ese tío es un camello muy famoso en el barrio]
Echar la pota/Potar = To throw up [Estoy muy taja, creo que voy a potar]
Estar como una cabra = Mad as hatter [Esta tía está como una cabra, me da miedo]
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I don’t think I’m doing this whole “taking notes at talks” thing right
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Don de lenguas
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