Have you ever listened to the poetry reading of “The the Impotence of Proofreading” by Taylor Mali? A good amount of the jokes are for adult audiences (I certainly wasn’t an adult when I first heard this poem, but I’m very glad I’ve returned to it now that I’m older), but the poem seems to […]

When machine translation is mentioned, the most common thing to jump to mind is Google Translate. To most people, this is the face of machine translation and any other type of machine translation is just the same as Google Translate, but inferior or superior in some shape or form. However, there are actually four different […]

The main point of this post is to make sure that you are not trying to always do a one to one translation of the source text. Unless the specific field you are translating calls for a one to one translation, it will be much more difficult to read in the target language, and it […]

If you are thinking about expanding your business to a different region, most likely it will take a lot of work, and it isn’t always as easy as just translating your content to the target region’s language. There are many more steps that go into this before one can successfully gain a foothold in the […]

Translators often use different techniques to produce a high-quality, natural translation. Experienced translators may even apply them so freely and flexibly that they forget they’re even using a special technique or strategy. This blog breaks down three of the most frequently used translation strategies: detour translation, repetition, and addition. Detour translation Because of the differences […]

Based on their job title, it’s easy to think that a translator’s only duty is to translate, but a good translator also needs to be a skilled editor. A good translation often goes through several stages of editing, which is just as important as the translation process itself, because it helps refine the work and […]

Translators and interpreters are synonyms in some ways: both need to have a good command of at least two languages in order to do their job. Both decode what’s in the source language and then encode it in the target language. Both are cross-cultural communicators, whose final goal is to tear down language barriers and […]

Translators are language and culture communicators who can bridge gaps and open up a whole new world for people from different cultures who speak different languages. Have you ever wondered what it is that sets translators apart, or what makes a great translator? How are they different from interpreters, localizers and other linguists? This blog […]

There are many important factors that need to be considered while doing any translation. This blog focuses on three of them: terminology, context and long sentences. Terminology When translating any document, it’s important to compile a glossary first (or read an existing glossary carefully if there already is one). Translation of terminology in a document […]

Mobile apps are the latest trend in hip, modern technologies and a popular direction for large companies and young startups alike. Apps can be easily downloaded and installed by individual users across the world. Portable, widely available, interoperable, and (mostly) free, they are immensely popular across a wide spectrum of customers. There are many different […]