The Global Translation Industry: How it is Changing

Translators are professionals who convert text from one language to another. The demand for translators parallels the original emergence of text as a form of human communication and the growth in the need for human communication in text form. As the demand for professional translators grew over the centuries, there developed a translation industry. All […]
The Growing Importance of Video Translation in the Digital Era

The digital era has seen huge changes in the way people communicate. For one thing, people are communicating like never before with other people all around the world. Businesses are promoting their products and services all around the world, too, and looking for translators to do the necessary work needed so that potential customers understand […]
The Importance of Cultural Sensitivity in Translation

One of the drawbacks of computer-based translation programs that the translation industry is repeatedly pointing out is that it totally lacks any ability to integrate cultural sensitivity into their software. Well, that could all change of course in the future, but at present, if you are looking for a translation service for whatever it is […]
Global Businesses Benefit from Voice-Over Translations

The translation is not just about translating text, but it is also about localizing video and audio recordings. Today, technology has provided people with instant access to live video online, so these can be used as a marketing technique for a business too. When it comes to using videos or audio recordings online, it is […]
The Future of Translation in 2020 and Beyond

There is little doubt that technology has brought about marked changes to the translation industry. Many people want to know will translators be needed in the future. The obvious ones are Google and Skype translate. They both have useful but not entirely perfect translation programs but they have still made significant headways into perfecting language […]
Likely Trends for the Translation Industry in 2020

2019 is nearly over and the translation industry is facing similar predictions to those proposed for the beginning of 2019. The continued rise of machine translation and post-editing Machine translations have started to have more of an effect on the translation sector in recent years. The key reason for this recently is the initiation of […]
Translation: Data Into Stories and Actions

Most people understand that translation is all about converting one language into another. However, with IT so much a part of everyday living these days, there is a new type of translation around. This involves translating data into stories and action. It’s only an extension of more orthodox translation, except that data is treated as […]
Investing in Translation Beats Treating it as a Cost

Whenever you spend money on something it could either be regarded as a cost or an investment. There may seem to be little difference between these terms, but in reality there is. Basically, if you view expenditure on an item as a cost, you are not expecting it to enhance your business. The expenditure is […]
A Global Economy Needs Expert Financial Translation

The flow of money and financial transactions are probably more global than any other sphere of human activity. For these transactions to occur as speedily and as seamlessly as possible, it requires professional translation agencies to employ translators with expertise in financial translation. Financial translation can be challenging, not least because of the need for […]
Translating for the International E-Commerce Market

Online shopping has been a rapidly growing phenomenon, both internally and externally across borders over the last decade. In fact, e-Commerce, as online shopping is also called, is regarded as having a detrimental effect on traditional shopping done in physical stores. High street closures have been blamed, for instance, on the growth of e-Commerce giants […]