Pristineworks

15/02/2026

📢 FULL-TIME TRANSLATION PROJECT MANAGER WANTED 📢

We’re seeking a Translation Project Manager to join our team!

Find out more about this vacancy on https://www.pristineworks.com/tpm-pw-jan26 and if you believe that you meet all the requirements, apply in line with the instructions in the link.

23/07/2025

📢 FULL-TIME PROJECT MANAGER WANTED 📢

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager to join our language services company. The candidate will primarily focus on managing translation projects in the most efficient way. A successful candidate is a resourceful and motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, project management and problem-solving skills.

The candidate will be working remotely.

Find out more about this vacancy on https://www.pristineworks.com/pm-pw-july25

If you feel that you have what it takes, send your CV, covering message and your gross salary expectation to [email protected].

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager to join our language services company. The candidate will primarily focus on managing translation projects in the most efficient way. A successful candidate is a resourceful and motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, project management and probl...

31/12/2024

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🎇 Hekk kif wasal iż-żmien biex nagħlqu l-kapitlu tas-sena 2024, nieħdu l-opportunità biex nirringrazzjaw lilkom li tafdawna bit-traduzzjonijiet tagħkom. Inħarsu ’l quddiem għal aktar kollaborazzjonijiet ta’ kwalità għas-sena l-ġdida.

✨ Nawgurawlkom l-isbaħ xewqat għas-sena 2025.

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🎇 As the time has come to close the door on 2024, we take the opportunity to thank you for trusting us with your translations. We look forward to more fruitful and interesting collaborations in the year to come.

✨ We wish you all a healthy and prosperous 2025.

23/12/2024

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🎄 Qatt ħsibtu dwar l-oriġini tal-kelma Milied?

✍🏻 Il-kelma “Milied” ġejja mill-kelma Għarbija ميلاد (mila:d) li tfisser “jum it-twelid”. Infatti, kieku xi ħadd kellu jistaqsik meta huwa jum twelidek bl-Għarbi, bejn wieħed u ieħor se jistaqsik meta huwa “miliedek” (mīlādik: مَيلا دَك). “Milied” huwa wkoll l-unika nom mimmat fil-Malti li juri żmien.

🌟 Fl-Għarbi tal-Insara nsibu l-kelma عَ يَد مَيلاد (‘ayd mīlād) li tfisser propju “Christmas” u li kieku kellna nippruvaw neqilbuha għall-Malti tiġi “Għid il-Milied”.

🧐 Hawnhekk qed naraw kif l-ismijiet bil-Malti għall-iktar żewġ festi importanti għall-Insara t-tnejn li huma ġejjin mill-Għarbi, għalkemm aħna għamilnielhom ftit adattamenti.

📜 Il-kelma “Milied” biddilnielha ftit it-tifsira, u għalina tfisser il-jum li fih niċċelebraw it-twelid ta’ Ġesù. Imbagħad, għandna l-kelma “Għid” — li nużawha biex niċċelebraw il-qawmien mill-mewt ta’ Ġesù — u li wkoll slifnieha mill-kelma Għarbija عَ يَد (‘ayd), li fl-Għarbi tfisser festa jew jum ta’ festa.

🎁 Nieħdu l-opportunità biex nawgurawlkom l-isbaħ żmien ta’ festi.

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🎄 Have you ever wondered about the origins of the word “Milied” (EN: Christmas)?

✍🏻 The Maltese word “Milied” is derived from the Arabic word ميلاد (mila:d), which means birthday. In fact, if someone were to ask you about your birthday in Arabic, they would use the word “mīlādik” (مَيلا دَك).

🌟 In Arabic, the word for Christmas is مَيلاد (‘ayd mīlād), which if we were to try and translate it to Maltese, would become “Għid il-Milied”.

🧐 Those of you familiar with some of Malta’s most important religious feasts may have noticed that the Maltese names for Christmas and Easter are both derived from Arabic.

📜 With time, the word “Milied” in Maltese came to mean “the birth of Christ” — which is essentially what Christmas is all about.

🥚 The word “Għid”— the Maltese name for the feast of Easter — is also borrowed from the Arabic word عَ يَد (‘ayd), which means feast day or celebration. For us Maltese, “Għid” came to mean what, perhaps, is the biggest celebration for Christians — the resurrection of Christ.

🎁 We take the opportunity to wish you all a great festive season.

At Pristineworks, we do professional Maltese translations and translations into English along with other language services for many companies worldwide.

16/10/2024

📢 FULL-TIME TRANSLATOR WANTED 📢

We’re seeking a Translator to join our team!

The candidate will focus on the translation and revision of content primarily in the following language pairs: English to Maltese and Maltese to English. Other language pairs will be considered based on the candidate’s credentials.
The candidate will be working remotely.

Find out more about this vacancy on https://www.pristineworks.com/translator-pw-oct24 and if you believe that you meet all the requirements, apply on [email protected].

We are seeking a full-time translator to join our team. The candidate will focus on the translation and revision of content primarily in the following language pairs: English to Maltese and Maltese to English. Other language pairs will be considered based on the candidate’s credentials. The candid...

05/09/2024

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🟢 Skont ir-regoli tal-ortografija Deċiżjonijiet 1, l-ismijiet tal-irjieħ u d-direzzjonijiet għandhom dejjem jinkitbu b’ittra kapitali. Anke jekk ir-riħ jew id-direzzjoni jissemmew fin-nofs jew fit-tarf tas-sentenza, l-ewwel ittra trid tkun kbira.

🌬️ Mela ftakar, għandek dejjem tikteb Tramuntana, Grigal, Lvant, Xlokk, Nofsinhar, Lbiċ, Punent, u Majjistral bl-ewwel ittra kbira.

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🟢 According to the spelling rules Deċiżjonijiet 1, the names of winds and directions should start with a capital letter. Even if the wind or direction is mentioned in the middle or at the end of a sentence, its first letter must always be in uppercase.

🌬️ Get to know the winds and directions in Maltese: Tramuntana (North), Grigal (North East), Lvant (East), Xlokk (South East), Nofsinhar (South), Lbiċ (South West), Punent (West), and Majjistral (North West).

29/08/2024

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Hawnhekk għandna l-verb ‘bagħat’, verb sħiħ bl-għ fin-nofs, li huwa kkonjugat fil-forma tal-imperattiv fit-tieni persuna plural (intom).

Bħala mudell, nistgħu nużaw il-verb ‘seraq’.
isirqu = ibagħtu

Iżda, filwaqt li f’dan il-każ ‘ibatu messaġġ’ hija ħażina, il-kelma ‘ibatu’ teżisti u tintuża f’kuntesti oħra.

‘Ibatu’ miktuba b’dan il-mod hija l-forma tal-imperfett fit-tielet persuna singular (huma jbatu) tal-verb ‘bata’.

Il-verb ‘bata’ (EN: to suffer) ma jieħu l-ebda għ għax huwa verb dgħajjef nieqes (jiġifieri l-għerq tiegħu huwa b-t-j).

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‘Ibagħtu’ (EN: send) is the imperative form of the verb ‘bagħat’ (EN: he sent) in the second-person plural form.

To know where to put the letter ‘għ’, we can use the verb ‘seraq’ as a model:
isirqu (EN: steal) = ibagħtu (EN: send)

However, the form ‘ibatu’ also exists in Maltese, albeit it carries a different meaning than ‘ibagħtu’. ‘Ibatu’ (EN: they suffer) is the imperfect form of the verb ‘bata’ (EN: he suffered) in the third-person plural form.

As you can see, the verb ‘bata’ (EN: he suffered) never takes the letter ‘għ’.

22/08/2024

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Hawnhekk għandna l-verb ‘għin’ fil-forma tal-imperattiv, flimkien mal-pronom mehmuż tal-ewwel persuna singular.

Mela, jekk naqsmu ‘għinni’ fil-kostitwenti tagħha, naraw li hija magħmula minn:
għin + lili

Il-pronom mehmuż tal-ewwel persuna singular huwa ‘ni’. Għalhekk, ma nistgħux niktbu ‘għini’ b’n waħda għax inkunu qed inħallu barra l-n tal-pronom mehmuż.

Bħala mudell, tista’ tuża l-verb ‘sab’ fil-forma tal-imperattiv ukoll.
sibni = għinni

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Here we have the verb ‘għin’ (EN: help) in the imperative form combined with the attached pronoun in the first-person singular form.

Let’s break it up into its components:
għin (EN: help) + lili (EN: me) = għinni

‘ni’ in ‘għinni’ (EN: help me) represents the attached pronoun in the first-person singular form. Although we might be tricked into writing it as ‘għini’, we need to keep in mind that it takes a double ‘n’.

As a model verb to guide you, you may use the verb ‘sab’ (EN: he found) in the imperative form:

sibni (EN: find me) = għinni (EN: help me)

15/08/2024

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Il-kelma ‘kulma’ taqa’ fil-kategorija ta’ kliem magħmul minn żewġ elementi lessikali fejn l-ewwel kelma li jkollha konsonanti doppja fit-tarf tingħaqad ma’ kelma oħra li tibda b’konsonanti, u għalhekk, il-konsonanti doppja taqa’. Peress li meta ‘kull’ u ‘ma’ jingħaqdu joħolqu tifsira distinta waħda, għandhom dejjem jinkitbu magħqudin.

Fost kliem ieħor bħal ‘kulma’ insibu:

kemxejn (kemm + xejn)
kulħadd (kull + ħadd)
kuljum (kull + jum)
kultant (kull + tant)

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In Maltese, we have words that are made up of two words. The word ‘kulma’ is one of them: kull + ma
With words like 'kulma', if the first word ends with a double consonant, one of the consonants has to be dropped: kull + ma = kulma
Since when we combine the two words ‘kull’ + ‘ma’, we end up with a new word that has a distinct meaning, ‘kulma’ must always be written as one whole word.

Other words like ‘kulma’ include:

kemxejn (kemm + xejn)
kulħadd (kull + ħadd)
kuljum (kull + jum)
kultant (kull + tant)

08/08/2024

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Hawnhekk ix-xi qed tintuża bħala aġġettiv indefinit, u qed taqdi t-tifsira ta’ ‘madwar’ jew ‘bejn wieħed u ieħor’. F’każijiet bħal dawn, ix-xi m’għandha qatt titqassar għal x’ u lanqas ma għandha tingħaqad mal-artiklu.

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Here, ‘xi’ is acting as an indefinite adjective, taking on the meaning of ‘approximately’. In such cases, ‘xi’ must not be shortened to x’ and neither should it be combined with the article.