Many people have found themselves wondering if they are making a mistake when they use the word “blue” to refer to both blue and cyan in English. Dzen sorted out this confusion. It's all about the difference between the number of so-called basic colors in...
On Sunday, November 5, at 02:00 a.m. local time, millions of Americans' clocks will be set back an hour—exactly how much longer we'll be able to sleep that night, which will mark the end of Daylight Saving Time in 2023. But some Americans don't...
We have been providing translation services for a long time. Transfers made in our offices are accepted by the US Immigration Service, courts, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), universities, medical institutions, and many other agencies and organizations in the United States. Among other things, we organize the translation of American documents…
Every year, Apple adds a few new features that make third-party apps redundant. It's so common that there's a term for it, Sherlock, which dates back to the early 2000s when Apple added a built-in search feature that rendered the Sherlock app useless. That's…
When Boris Dralyuk was 8 years old, his family moved from the southern port city of Odessa (Ukraine) to the Pacific coast of Los Angeles (California). At first, he wanted to assimilate as quickly as possible. But in the end, he still reconnected with his roots. The World said…
Translator Viktor Prokofiev had the opportunity to literally become a participant in major historical events. As an employee of the Russian Foreign Ministry, he carried out translations at the highest level - for such figures as Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Richard Nixon...
The informational sign at the bus stop in Moscow was "translated" using transliteration. After the error was noticed on the network, the sign with the inscription was replaced. But the photo remained. On November 19, Russian Twitter users began to distribute a photo of an information sign about the transfer of a public transport stop to ...
A resident of the American city of Boston, Massachusetts, received a million dollars by mistake and lost it ten minutes later. On Wednesday, July 18, 26-year-old Ellen Fleming received a voice message from an employee of TD Ameritrade, where she had an account, writes Lenta.ru. Is he…
The money allocated by the former White House administration for the Palestinian autonomy ($ 221 million) may not reach the addressee. The US State Department, despite the objections of the Republicans in Congress, will consider the legality of the decision of former Secretary of State John Kerry to send $ 221 million to Palestinians a couple of hours before the inauguration ...
Ukrainian musician Viktor Morozov on how he went abroad, why he retrained as translators and for what reason he never reads the books he translates in advance. ForumDaily met with the author of many translations of J.K. Rowling, children's writers Jeremy Strong, Roaldo Dahl and Brazilian ...