The Top 8 Challenges for a Japanese Translation
Japanese has been labelled as one of the world’s most difficult languages. This makes it difficult to translate anything accurately by a Japanese NAATI translator. It has 3 character groups and is not related in any way to other languages. Because of its complexity, Japanese requires full attention to be put into detail in order […]
A Tourism Translation is Essential in This Globalized Age
A tourism translation for tourist resources means businesses associated with tourism such as tour operators, travel agencies, hotels, and hostels can reach out more easily to potential customers throughout the world. This could include any of the following tourist material: websites; brochures; advertisements in the magazine both paper and online. Once the material has been […]
Numbers are Interpreted Differently in Different Cultures
But what are numbers? In the later part of the 14th century, the Arabic-Hindu numeral system was the commonest system used throughout the globe to represent numbers in different cultures. It starts with”0” and it can be written in numerals like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or in words such as five, six, seven and […]
Eastern vs Western Cultures
Culture is an integral part of any society, and it plays a significant role in shaping the way people live their lives. The world is divided into two major regions, East and West, with distinct cultural differences. Eastern culture includes the countries of Asia and the Middle East, while the Western countries, including those in […]
Keep Focused When Learning a New Language
Communication has become faster, easier, and at a lower cost than it has ever been. This doesn’t mean all communication overseas takes place in your own language. You have to think carefully if you want to travel and be part of the global economy and consider learning a second language. To be able to master […]
What’s Cooking? Food and Cookbook Translation
Translating cookbooks and food preparation techniques is almost as much fun as preparing the dishes and eating them is! However, like all translation fields, it comes with its own unique challenges. Some of these are explored below. Ounces or Grams? How to Measure Ingredients Most of the world may have adopted the metric system, but […]
Colour Interpretation Around The World
Colour has become an important focus of researchers because colours affect an individual’s feelings and expressions. Colour choice and preference depends on the culture and the country too. Knowing how colour affects people has a dramatic effect on marketing content used by businesses to attract new customers. Colours are used in contexts that do not […]
Some Facts About The English and German Languages
Both English and German are languages of West Germanic origin. Both languages are also from the broader language family referred to as Indo-European. This doesn’t make them completely the same, but German does have 60 percent similarities lexically with English. How many speakers of German and English are there? Recent statistics indicate that English is […]
Unusual Facts About Languages
The Origin of Human Language No-one knows for sure just how old human language is, i.e. the capacity of evolving humans to use a spoken language to communicate. It is presumed that it developed in stages, and not just all at once. Humans are basically a social, co-operative species of primate and language serves to […]
How Much Time Does it Take To Learn a New Language?
Three months is sometimes the time frame put on learning a new language. Some people say that new learners put this time limit as that is the standard length of a visitor visa to many countries. This is often when many people choose to study a new language. Also, the restricted time given on a […]
