Tagalog Language

25M Tagalog Speakers

Many Tagalog speakers incorporate English into their everyday oral and written conversation. This blend of Tagalog and English is known as “Taglish” or “Englog”

One of the official languages of the Philippines is Filipino but in reality, it is a modernized and updated version of Tagalog. Both languages are similar and different at the same time and thus the difficulty in Tagalog translation.

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The complexity of Tagalog translation

1. The written language > Translation Service

  • The case markers: There are the so-called case markers, which are two types – one is used for names of people, the second is used for everything else. Nouns are not marked for case or number. Only loan words from foreign languages like the Spanish noun amigo and amiga (friend in masculine and feminine).
  • The contextual translation: This is a must when translating Tagalog/Filipino as the language has certain specifics. For example: in Filipino, the expression “brown sugar” is translated as “Pulang Asukal” which literally means “red sugar”, while the word brown is “kayumanggi”. The word “kayumanggi” is only used for race or color and can not be used with the word sugar.
Tagalog Language Map

2. The spoken language > Media Service

  • The 2 sides of the similarities: although Tagalog and English share many aspects in common, translators and linguists need to be extra careful. These similarities when brought together create quite a mixture and loanwords which can be tricky when performing Tagalog translation. For example, numbers are a challenge as they are often a mixture of English, Tagalog, and Spanish and each is used differently. Furthermore, Taglish – the mixture between English and Tagalog is another challenge. It is used widely in the educated levels of society. On top of that, there is one more variety of Tagalog, which is bringing in the Spanish influence and it is referred to as Chavacano or Chabacano.
  • The evolving language: Tagalog is an evolving language heavily influenced by local languages along with English and Spanish. This makes its translation a challenging task as there are always new words to consider. These words are sometimes are not yet translatable and hard to match in a professional translation.

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