By English Trackers Blogger, on May 15th, 2012
Do you struggle to understand Latin abbreviations? Maybe you hadn’t even realised they came from Latin.
Many years ago, to get into university to study medicine, botany, pharmacy or law you had to have studied Latin for up to 5 years.
Nowadays there are only a handful of Latin abbreviations that are used regularly in English. In less . . . → Read More: How to master Latin abbreviations in five minutes
By English Trackers Blogger, on May 2nd, 2012
Internationalization and localization: optimizing an e-commerce site for your global shoppers
At English Trackers, as well as offering English editing services we also provide content translation and localization services.
Our web design partner firm, Them Pro, introduced us to Lex Uomo, a knitwear company for whom they have built an e-commerce site. Lex Uomo is a French firm . . . → Read More: E-commerce: internationalization and localization
By English Trackers Blogger, on April 17th, 2012
An entrepreneur’s journey to brevity
Picture an iconic place in your capital city. There are probably around 20 to choose from. Have you selected one yet? Now, imagine you’re going to take out-of-town visitors there. How would you describe it to them? Oh, and did I mention, you’re only allowed one picture and less than 15 words?
Not . . . → Read More: How to cut out word noise
By English Trackers Blogger, on March 27th, 2012
To proofread or not to proofread?
Surely that’s a stupid question?
“Ah!” I hear you say, “but at English Trackers proofreading is your livelihood; of course you believe in proofreading.”
True. But humour me on this one.
Say you’ve just written a book. You’ve got something to say and you’ve written it all down. You’re an expert in your . . . → Read More: Self-publishing: to proofread or not to proofread?
By English Trackers Blogger, on March 16th, 2012
In addition to our regular posts, written by members of our team at English Trackers, we also encourage those who have something to say about language and are interested in penning a guest post for our blog to get in touch with us. Today’s post comes from . . . → Read More: Business Acronyms – 10 Most Common