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I’ve talked before about the list of glossaries that a friend of mine put together (and which I’m sure she’ll add to in the future). While going through these glossaries, I came across a couple of little grammar problems in Spanish that can be troublesome.

The first topic is the use of the personal pronoun “se“. www.elcastellano.org has a good list of the uses of this pronoun, along with some very clear examples of use. This list can be especially useful for non-native Spanish speakers who may have difficulties understanding these constructions. “Se puede” learn on this page.
Another topic that is generally easy for native speakers but trips up speakers of Spanish as a foreign language is the use of “que“. That same site ,elcastellano.org, has another area that talks about the different uses of the pronoun que (interrogative, exclamatory, relative) and the conjunction, letting you know which ones have an accent mark and which don’t. It also has a little bonus on “dequeísmo“, which is the ever-growing error (by both native speakers and others) of using “de” incorrectly. In order to avoid misusing the preposition, we often convince ourselves that de que is incorrect when it actually should go there.

To wrap up this summary of “mini-topics,” I also found this area that discusses common errors and questions on accent marks. Who hasn’t been unsure of whether or not to put an accent mark on “ti”, “éste”, “aún”…? Well, éste is a great site to find explanations and examples all together.

Trusted Translations, Inc. has become actively involved in the fight against childhood cancer by supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  Spanish Translation US, a division of Trusted Translations, Inc., is particpating in the efforts to help St. Jude.

St. Jude “Chocolat au Vin” Gala

Trusted Translations, Inc. is proud to support St. Jude with its inaugural “Chocolat au Vin” event featuring Tony Bennett and Honorary Chair, Kristin Davis, to be held in NYC on May 28, 2009.    Trusted Translations’ CEO is the founder and Executive chair of this red carpet event to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.   “The St. Jude Chocolat au Vin Gala, A Deliciously Decadent Evening of Dancing, Desserts and Dreams” is the first of a series of events expected to raise millions over the next several years. 

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Translation for St. Jude Initiative

In conjunction with this event, Trusted Translations will launch the “Translation for St. Jude” initiative.  This nationwide initiative will entail Trusted Translations, Inc. donating 5% of all proceeds from new translations projects from participating organizations. 

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http://www.trustedtranslations.com/translation-for-st-jude.asp  

Trusted Translations has launched its multilingual translation sites in Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese.

These are the homes of the main sites in those languages, as well as a short description of each site in its language.

Portuguese Site:

Tradução
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French Site:

Traduction
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Dutch Site:

Vertaling
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Italian Site:

Traduzione
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German Site:

Übersetzung
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Japanese Site:

翻訳
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Chinese Site:

翻譯
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Trusted Translations, Inc. announced the launch of Spanish Post Production, a division of the leader in Spanish Translation, dedicated to offering transcription, subtitling, dubbing and Voice Over Services into Spanish.

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Trusted Translations has launched Multimedia Division

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