Russia is a huge, wildly vast and ambitious country that has impacted world history continuously with its magnificent literature, political intensity, and continuing economic transformation. Torn between an unrepentant and authoritarian oligarchy and vital yet volatile market forces inspiring an emerging generation of entrepreneurs, Russia is struggling to strut upon the world stage as an…
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Originating from the Latin spoken in the streets of the Roman Empire or “Vulgar Latin”, Italian is anything but vulgar to the ears of English speakers or to anyone who discovers the alliteration and beauty of its lyrical cadences. A language of aural beauty, providing aesthetic pleasure, Italian was forged by Tuscan poet Dante Alighieri…
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Andrea Barnett is a connoisseur of languages. As one of the Translation and Interpretation Project Managers at Chang-Castillo and Associates, Andrea brings years of project management experience and a deep linguistic knowledge to her work. Her love of language, its innate ability to teach us about a region’s history and culture, her attention to the…
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Slightly larger than the continental United States, Brazil is a vast country with epic beauty and immense natural resources. It is also the birthplace of the Girl from Ipanema, the archetypal beauty whose winsome walk has charmed many as she saunters along that shimmering beach so memorialized in song. Certainly she is symbolic of Brazil’s…
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The deal making of the near future will very often be done in Chinese – Mandarin Chinese. While English will continue to be the preeminent language of business globally, at least for the immediate future, without question Mandarin Chinese is on the rise around the world as China continues to gain traction as an emerging…
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With so many languages in the world to learn, and the accelerating rise of China as a global economic superpower, why are French and Spanish still so very important in the world of business? Certainly, French has been overtaken by Chinese, Arabic, or Russian? Hasn’t Spanish gone the way of the Spanish Armada? While…
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Interpretation and translation are two separate specialties and like speaking and writing, involve an entirely different set of skills and expertise. Both skills imply a fluency in and a love of language, an ear and eye for detail and for discerning meaning rapidly and most of all accurately. Arguably, both skills are more similar than…
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French is one of those delicious and intriguing languages that nearly everyone wants to learn, but few actually seem to master. Sexy, sibilant and seductive with a whisper of poetry just underneath its apparent rigor and romance, French is a language that never fails to enchant.
There is not only one French, there are many.
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Chang-Castillo and Associates (CCA), the global innovator in translation and interpretation services, has redefined the value of high touch service delivery and continues to exceed industry standards.
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Chang-Castillo and Associates (CCA), the global innovator in translation and interpretation services, has begun servicing the US Government with a 5-year translation service contract. Earlier this year, CCA launched their customer-centric Total Care campaign in March 2014 as a response to the market needs of both government and public entities.
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