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HISTORY OF TRANSLATION

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  • FIRST TRACES OF TRANSLATORS
    5000 BCE

    FIRST TRACES OF TRANSLATORS

    For commercial exchanges.
  • PAINTINGS IN TUTANKAMON GRAVE
    1350 BCE

    PAINTINGS IN TUTANKAMON GRAVE

    It seems that an interpreter is leaning to Tutankamon's ear.
  • TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE
    300 BCE

    TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE

    From Alexandrine to ancient Greek and clasic Latin.
  • THE ROSETTA STONE
    196 BCE

    THE ROSETTA STONE

    To translate between Egiptian hieroglyphs, Demotic scripts and ancient Greek.
  • SAN JERÓNIMO
    340

    SAN JERÓNIMO

    He translated the Bible to vulgar Latin so the people could access to it.
  • THE SCHOOL OF TRANSLATORS OF TOLEDO
    1200

    THE SCHOOL OF TRANSLATORS OF TOLEDO

    Thanks to its foundation the Arab knowledge espreaded throughout Europe.
  • THE CREATION OF PRINTING
    1440

    THE CREATION OF PRINTING

    Thanks to Gutenberg, the translators profession would increase its popularity.
  • Period: to

    THE APPEARANCE OF DIFFERENT TRANSLATION TRENDS

    Artistic currents lead to the adaptation of text contents in the XVII century while german rationalism leads to more literal translations.
  • FRENCH AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL LANGUAGE IN TRANSLATION

    FRENCH AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL LANGUAGE IN TRANSLATION

    Thanks to the Peace of Westfalia, the main language for commercial translation changes to French.
  • CONSEQUENCES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    CONSEQUENCES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    Thanks to Paris Peace Conference in 1919 the military interpreters gained more popularity.
  • THE FIRST PATENT FOR A CUBICLE OF SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION

    THE FIRST PATENT FOR A CUBICLE OF SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION

    It didn't achieve its dominance until 1946, after World War II, with its use in the Nuremberg Trials.
  • THE CREATION OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE

    THE CREATION OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE

    Google published its own translation tool, Google Translate.