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Monthly Archives: April 2020

The 5 Skills Every Good Translator Needs on Their Resume

While a career as a translator can be quite rewarding, the field is also quite competitive. Many bilingual people wrongly think that their knowledge of language is all they need in order to work as a translator. The truth is that translation requires a vast set of abilities that include both language expertise, as well […]

How to Become a Certified Translator

For those wishing to begin a serious career as a translator, you must earn people’s trust. To be brought onto the most critical and essential translation jobs your employers need to know you are capable of the task demanded of you. A lot can ride on proper translation. Becoming certified is perhaps the most significant […]

The Critical Importance of Medical Translation

Medical translation services, like any medical service, require a unique set of specially obtained skills. As the recent COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated, the world’s health services are critically unprepared to handle outbreaks across the board. Even before the pandemic, a lack of space and quality workers was already taking a toll on many medical centers […]

A Look at the World History of Spanish

Riding on the back of one of the largest and most dominating empires in history, the Spanish language spread to the farthest corners of the Earth. Today, Spanish is the third most common language spoken with over 400 million people speaking it worldwide -and although more speak English as a second language, Spanish has more […]

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COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Grandfamilies and Multigenerational Families

The Spanish Group has translated the attached COVID-19 fact sheet from English to Spanish. This fact sheet details precautions and advise for multigenerational or grandfamilies to take during the COVID-19 Crisis. This organization’s mission is “to improve the lives of children, youth, and older people through intergenerational collaboration, public policies, and programs for the enduring […]

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Consejos para familias dirigidas por abuelos y otras familias multigeneracionales

The Spanish Group tradujo la ficha informativa adjunta sobre la COVID-19 de inglés a español. Esta ficha informativa detalla las precauciones y consejos que las familias multigeneracionales o intergeneracionales deben tomar durante la crisis de la COVID-19. La misión de esta organización es ¨mejorar las vidas de niños, jóvenes y personas mayores a través de […]

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How to Properly Put on and Take off a Disposable Respirator

  WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY BEFORE PUTTING ON AND TAKING OFF THE RESPIRATOR.   If you have used a respirator before that fit you, use the same make, model and size.   Inspect the respirator for damage. If your respirator appears damaged, DO NOT USE IT. Replace it with a new one.   Do not […]

Prevention and Protection

WHO COVID-19 Prevention and Protection Guidelines

Is wearing rubber gloves while out in public effective in preventing the new coronavirus infection? No. Regularly washing your bare hands offers more protection against catching COVID-19 than wearing rubber gloves. You can still pick up COVID-19 contamination on rubber gloves. If you then touch your face, the contamination goes from your glove to your […]

Prevention and Protection

Dicas da OMS: Prevenir e Proteger contra Infecções

Usar luvas de borracha em público é mais eficaz na prevenção da infecção pelo novo coronavírus? Não. Lavar suas mãos regularmente oferece maior proteção contra a COVID-19 que usar luvas de borracha. Você ainda pode ser contaminado pelo COVID-19 com luvas de borracha. Se você encostar em seu rosto, a contaminação passa da luva para […]

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Directrices de la OMS para prevenir y proteger al público de la infección

¿Usar guantes de goma al estar afuera en público es efectivo para prevenir el contagio del nuevo coronavirus? No. Lavarse las manos regularmente ofrece más protección contra la COVID-19 que el uso de guantes de goma. Los guantes de goma también pueden contaminarse con COVID-19. Si después toca su rostro, la contaminación podría pasar de […]