This piece is a sub-page of our Ultimate Guide to Localization article, check it out for a more comprehensive approach to L10N and what it involves. __________________________________________________ The terms localization and internationalization are referred to in the same context, but do not mean the same….
If you’re lucky enough to be born into a bilingual family and speak both languages fluently, or you lived in another country and have an aptitude for languages, you could consider a career in translation. Through their agility with words, translators play a crucial role…
Technology helps our lives become better, right? Computer programs are created to automate some of the routine steps that are done manually. Translation technology is meant to make translators’ workload lighter, more efficient and faster and bring about many benefits. But is that really the case?…
Arabic is a fascinating language. It’s the language that gave humanity the word “zero”, the 1001 Nights (also known as Arabian Nights) and the Qur’an, the sacred book of Muslims. Add to that thousands of love poems, philosophy books and mathematical studies, and you’re still…
What is history’s earliest recorded translation? Which book or website is the most translated in the world? What translations have had the greatest impact on society? If you’ve ever gazed out the window and pondered such questions about translation, join the club! And look no further, because…
When discussing humanitarian efforts, you might hear the phrase “cultural preservation.” This term encompasses several activities surrounding maintaining ancient cultures from large nations all the way down to small indigenous tribes. Cultural preservation include documenting and studying languages; preserving and restoring historic relics significant to…
As any other translator, you probably want to know as many languages as possible and boost your language speaking skills. That’s how you expand your skillset and get better at what you do. Knowing multiple languages makes you a better match for books such as…
The longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary is tattarrattat. It’s a word invented by James Joyce to describe a knocking at the door in Ulysses. And that means it’s not just a palindrome–it’s also an onomatopoeia! Onomatopoeias sound like the words they’re describing: pow, whirr,…
America is a nation of immigrants. We owe much of our country’s development to immigrants in history, and our culture continues to deepen in complexity and richness as more people migrate to America’s shores. In 2015, The US was home to 46,630,000 immigrants. In 2015,…
As a language services provider, we’re continually dealing with words. There are over 7,000 languages in the world constituting an incontemplatable amount of words and inspiring speeches among them. When you come to think of it, while knives and guns seem to be among the…
Interpreting is one of the main components of language services, and there are many challenges interpreters face to promote understanding and facilitate communication. Linguistic and cultural challenges abound, whatever type of project. Despite being similar to translation, in that they both deal with transposing a source language…
catastrophic translation mistakesTranslation can save lives. Any medical interpreter, including our President and founder Sean Hopwood, is keenly aware of this. With such gravity comes a darker reality, as well: translation mistakes can cost lives. And in some cases, catastrophic translation mistakes have caused unimaginable damage to…
