
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA LANGUAGE ON TRANSLATION
There can be no denying that social media has a significant impact on the ways that we communicate, so consequently, they have influenced our language. Platforms like Instagram, Facebook or Twitter have altered our vocabulary: new words have been created and there’s been a huge growth in ‘text-speak’-- just think how often we use acronyms to shorten a phrase to just a few letters, such as “OMG” (oh my god). Even shorthand writing takes the form of emojis most of the time! The