23 April 2014

Language aptitude tests

The Nautilus blog published a piece on 17 April by contributor Michael Erard under the headline Secret Military Test, Coming Soon to Your Spanish Class.

Despite the silly headline the article (subheaded A powerful, precise language aptitude test is entering civilian life) raises a number of interesting issues.

ChatGPT, a drafting aid for translation by emulation

On 17 October 2011, I published the first of two posts summarising my general approach to the type of translation/adaptation services I was ...