By Marcos Chiquetto I just finished reading the book “The Dawn of Language” by Sverker Johansson. It is a general survey of the current state of study related to the emergence of human language.

By Marcos Chiquetto Among all of mankind’s creations, what are the oldest things that we still use today? — At my grandmother’s house, there is a chair that must be 100 years old. — While traveling in Europe, I saw a 400-year-old castle that people were still living in. —…

By Marcos Chiquetto In a cave in Lascaux, France, there are beautiful paintings representing animals. Archaeologists who have dated these paintings say they are 15,000 to 17,000 years old.

By Marcos Chiquetto Nowadays, there is great demand for translations related to Life Sciences, mostly for medical products. In Brazil, for example, every new product that the medical industry releases in the market brings with it a large volume of text requiring translation: protocols of tests conducted on drugs for…

By Marcos Chiquetto To define your communication strategy for your public, you hire a creative agency. And choosing a creative agency is a difficult decision. You find out about their client portfolio and ask to see examples of their work. …

By Marcos Chiquetto When we translate something, the message in the target language must be the same as the message in the original language, or, if this is not completely possible, it must be very close to it. Sometimes this is easy, such as with the translation of an instruction…

By Marcos Chiquetto Monday, 8:00 a.m in São Paulo, Brazil. Nineteen new jobs coming from Shanghai are waiting for us (it’s 8:00 p.m. in China, so Monday has already passed for them). The week is just beginning at our translation agency. One of the arriving translation jobs is this one:

By Marcos Chiquetto At a translation company, there are a number of activities that are necessary to keep the organization running. The main ones include: Development of a marketing plan in which you define how the company will operate over a certain period of time Management of the work flow…

By Marcos Chiquetto In 2015, our translation agency received a call from Khomp, a Brazilian company that creates and exports products for telecommunication, Internet of Things and smart devices (khomp.com.br). They were seeking a solution for translating their marketing materials and technical manuals from Portuguese to English and Spanish. …