by Julia Tuff | Jul 15, 2018 | Translation Industry Trends
What does ‘patent’ mean? The term ‘patent’ stems from a Latin term, patere meaning to ‘lay open’. An inventor of a new product, service or method of production is ‘laying open’their invention in their patent to ensure that other... by Julia Tuff | Jun 7, 2018 | The Microbiome, Translation Services
How translation has assisted in research into the microbiome and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Research in this area has 100,000s of online listings. Much research is a result of international collaborations such as that required to facilitate the Human Microbiome... by Julia Tuff | Sep 18, 2017 | Professionalism
We are attending a linguistic industry training event this week. From Thursday to Monday the office will be operating with a skeleton staff as the team is heading to York for an industry conference. IJET York is the 26th specialist Japanese translator and interpreter... 
by Julia Tuff | Sep 18, 2017 | Ebola, Infectious diseases, Translation Services
As life-science specialists we are exposed to a lot of suffering in the documents that we translate. Fatalities are often mentioned in journal reports on chemotherapy treatment, severe adverse reactions to antibiotics in the young and old and also upsetting details... 
by Julia Tuff | Sep 18, 2017 | Sociolinguistics
明日 来年 昨日 現在形 未来会 過去形 The Japanese language clearly demonstrates how language affects attitudes. The distinction between present and future tense is a little blurry in Japanese. English phrases like “will” or “be going to,” which indicate the...