A paper entitled "Towards A Common Financial Language" by Andrew Haldane of the Bank Of England was posted here on 14 March 2012.
The Browser's summary reads: "Stand back for a good news story – a story of how finance could transform both itself and its contribution to wider society." Haldane's speech (PDF) outlines spectacular benefits of adopting a standard language, an HTML for finance.
This blog focuses on a small niche in the language services market, namely the adaptation between French and English (and to some extent other language pairs) of technical journalism for clients who seek to influence a clearly definied readership. Typical projects include website localisation, press releases and technical articles designed to shape opinions rather than simply inform. My blog is also a repository for occasional items of interest to translators and linguists in general.
21 March 2012
How to help your readers' intuition, or lack thereof, when talking about probabilities
Bayes' famous theorem is widely regarded as the most important theorem in statistics. But that doesn't mean that it is easy to under...
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OSASCOMP = Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose QOSASCOMP = Quantity, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, ...
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I've been looking for comments and information on the trend adopted by some newspapers and magazines regarding kickers, straplines, or w...
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It's a good question. Attempts to explain what is meant usually get bogged down after just a few paragraphs. So how about explaining ...