17 June 2020
Elizabeth Birdsall As an Edgar employee from the US, with a close view of what’s happening there, I was asked if I’d be willing to write a blog post with my perspective on recent events. After some thought, I agreed. That said, I want to make it very clear that this is just my individual … Read more
28 April 2020
Sure, I speak a little Italian: spaghetti, rigatoni, tortellini… Okay, I know what you’re thinking, those words entered the English language a long time ago, so I can hardly say I’m speaking Italian. But the fact that these Italian words—and more specifically, these Italian foods—have become so commonplace for the average Anglophone necessarily means we … Read more
15 November 2018
Category: News
There’s no doubt about it: Edgaristas are some of the most motivated creatures around. Who else would be willing to get to the office before daybreak on a Saturday and hop on a yellow school bus? And to think that not a single person was late! The fifth edition of Edgar’s training day* was held … Read more
14 November 2018
Category: News
Here at Edgar, almost everyone works with both English and French on a daily basis. But to say we use each language the same way isn’t quite accurate. Our English-to-French translators spend most of their time reading in English and writing in French, whereas French-to-English translators do the opposite. So what happens when we step … Read more
8 November 2018
Category: News
Manu Volaco It’s almost four in the afternoon, we’re three training sessions in, and people are starting to feel tired, a bit scatterbrained and verging on all socialized out (or maybe I’m just projecting). G. and Lindsay—members of the A-Team, Edgar’s Anglophone squad—are all smiles as about twelve of us trickle in and take our … Read more
22 October 2018
Category: Bloggers
Growing up as one of the only Anglophones in a series of Francophone schools on the North Shore of Montréal, Caeli was destined to become a translator, or at least, that’s what everyone always told her. It wasn’t until her quarter-life crisis, when she chewed over what career path to follow, that she finally decided … Read more
22 October 2018
Category: Posts
Edgar’s team of English translators recently had the opportunity to attend LangFest 2018, a conference that celebrates languages of all kinds. The A-Team,1 as we like to call ourselves, heard a variety of lectures on topics such as linguistics, language preservation and chunking (a technique for acquiring languages). I even picked up some basic Japanese and … Read more
20 August 2018
Category: Posts
Lire l’original en français (« lisez »? nah!) Most people would think that specialized texts, like contracts and technical specifications, are where translation gets complicated. Those do require exceptional expertise, yes, but what is fascinating and mysterious about translation work is that, sometimes, the most unremarkable things can be the toughest nuts to crack. And … Read more
20 July 2018
Category: Bloggers
Thomas was born in Québec, where he grew up, went to school, did a variety of not-always-so-interesting things and decided to become a writer. The downside of this decision was that it would be years before his chosen vocation would be known to the public—Thomas was for a long time a writer in his eyes … Read more
20 July 2018
Category: Bloggers
Born of an improbable meeting of northerners—one from Ontario and the other from Quebec—who’d settled at the midway point between their respective homes, Geneviève grew up on the banks of the Ottawa River, equidistant from the federal capital and the Quebec border. It was a childhood spent moving between two points on the 48th parallel—Elliot … Read more