Did You Know?
Italian jewelry and perfume maker Bulgari was one of the first companies to sponsor a fictomercial, the 2001 novel by British writer Fey Weldon entitled “The Bulgari Connection”. A portmanteau [...]
Short Glossary of Tricky Beauty Terms
Download a short EN-FR/FR-EN glossary of tricky terms frequently seen in beauty copy. Intended as a handy tool for the beauty translator, it shows how much we love what we do. Words are our [...]
A word from a British mom on the unseemly trajectory of the language of beauty…
Read this very clever and intelligently written article from a British mom who articulates just why we are right to be upset at feeling uncomfortable with certain very naughty beauty product [...]
Language learning apps and more
Do you travel a lot for business and have that extra motivation to explore the world of foreign languages? There is a huge number of apps that will teach you the basics. You can find any number [...]
ATA presentation from 2010…
Transforming Science into Dreams takes a closer look at how translators help shape the global beauty business. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Translators Association in 2010. [...]
For the Love of a Dictionary!
Article written by Agnes Meilhac and published in the August/September 2011 issue of The Gotham Translator, the New York Circle of Translators newsletter. For the Love of a Dictionary Gotham [...]
