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For OXO’s Montréal team, there are two Nuit Blanche in late winter: the well-known nocturnal arts festival as part of Montréal en Lumière, and the budget report translation. The latter doesn’t…
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The Differences Between European and Quebecois French
I have a friend named Franck, who comes from Paris but now lives in the United States with his wife and two children. For the last couple of years, he’s…
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Better Together: Five Secrets to a Successful Merger
It’s like the divorce rate, but worse. According to the Harvard Business Review, 70% to 90% of mergers and acquisitions end in failure. A while back, our Montréal office was looking…
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Ever-Changing English: A Translator’s Headache
English language is alive and kicking. Problem is: it keeps kicking me! Aside from the obvious vocabulary changes due to the emergence of an extraordinary array of new objects and…
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Portuguese: The Localization Triple-Edged Sword
Managing Brazilian, European and African Portuguese Translations Companies of all sizes and across many industries strive to increase their market share using a variety of tactics, and sports marketing ranks…
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Difficulties in Translating Medical Texts
To translate or not to translate: that is the recurring question. “Durante o round, o staff prescreveu um dripping de insulina e ordenou um check up duas horas depois.” That…
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