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Bernadine Racoma is a senior content writer at Day Translations, a human translation services company. After her long stint as an international civil servant and traveling the world for 22 years, she has aggressively pursued her interest in writing and research. Like her poetry, she writes everything from the heart, and she treats each written piece a work of art. She loves dogs!
This article is part of our Localization guide – check it out for a detailed blueprint on this complex process. ___________________________________________________ Developers are flooding the market with mobile apps, some of which are very useful while others become popular only for a short time, but…
From conquering Japan, South Asia and Southeast Asia starting in the 1990s, the Korean Wave or Hallyu encroached into other territories across the globe. “Hallyu,” which translates to the “flow of Korea” became so big it is considered as a major export of South Korea….
With more and more businesses going global, the need for proper international communication increases, which means the translation of financial documents, among other business documents, which should be available in different languages. The estimated earnings of the language services industry by end of 2018 would…
Translation is vital in understanding ideas from another culture, and it is important that cultural considerations be integrated into the process of translating content. There are different opinions regarding the relationship between language and culture including the question of whether language is a part of…
Travel and tourism is a huge industry and translation is never behind this industry sector. The tourism and travel industry contributes nearly 10% into the total GDP of the world and the sector is one of the biggest employers in the world. While the industry…
Scientifically, bilingualism means an individual is able to use at least two languages. The level of proficiency and use of the two can change based on the chances to use the languages and the exposure of the individual to other speakers of the said languages….
Copyediting and proofreading are two of the translation QA processes to ensure that the translation conforms to client’s requested style. The style guides the flow and nature of the entire translation. It is determined by the style of the original author, which the translation team…
Scientists and linguists have conducted various studies and researches on how language shapes the way people think and behave. Language is part of culture and culture has an effect on the way a person thinks, which initiates behaviors. Chinese American behavioral economist Keith Chen, an…
It is inevitable that words change their meanings over time but it is still interesting to know the English words the meanings of which became very different from what they mean originally. You might be surprised to know that the words you’ll find here are…
Translation work allows you to encounter many beautiful words in different languages, although some do not have an English equivalent. These foreign words are quite descriptive in their original language and if you learn what they mean, you’d wish that there are English words like…
It’s one of those questions you probably wanted to ask but you keep forgetting. Why don’t British singers sound British when they sing? Adele, who has a distinctive London accent, sounds American in her hit songs, notably different from the way she normally speaks. Irish…
The eyes and ears of many people around the world would be glued to their TV sets, radios, cellphones, tablets, laptops and other electronic devices to follow the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in a few hours. If you are one of…
