International Translation Day

Hello!

Today is an important day for the translators and that's why in this post I wanted to share with you a little bit of story.

30 September is the International Translation Day because it is commemorated the death of Saint Jerome, the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. This version of the Bible is known as the Vulgate (vulgar Latin) and it was characterized by being simpler to understand than another previous versions. Therefore, St. Jerome is considered the patron of the translators.

As you can see, the task of the translation has always been done, because the humans need to communicate. In this case, the translation of the Bible have been able to transmit beliefs that have influenced millions of people.

Linux Mint: Simple Scan

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Today I'm going to explain a very easy way to scan documents in Linux Mint. If you are a translator, maybe you have receive a paper document that you have to translate. It will be easier and faster to translate it in your computer. If you don't have installed the program Simple Scan yet, you can go to the Software Manager and install it like I taught you a posts ago (here). And to remember how to work with documents in JPG, you can read this post about the OCR process.

 

Once you have installed the program, you have to connect your scan with your computer. If you haven't done it, the program will remind it to you! You will see a white sheet where it will appear the scanned document. Once you have put the document on the scan, you only have to press the option “scan” and in a few seconds you will have the scanned document. Of course, don't forget to save it!