You are Advised Not to Lie in a Foreign Language!

It’s not often you probably really think about whether someone is lying or not but if you do think about it there are some cues that indicate somebody may be lying. Perhaps they start to speak quickly, or even stumble when speaking. Some people will even try to avoid making any eye contact. It seems […]

5 Factors Affecting the Cost of Translation

There is not complete equality between translation projects, as some are just a matter of translating straightforward documents, while others could be medical or legal documents which ultimately will affect the cost of translation services. In general, there are 5 factors that play the most important roles in determining the cost of translation while influencing […]

Cyber Crime & Data Security in Today’s Translation Services

Security for almost the whole history of the internet has been a hot topic. These days, whether you are involved in politics, in a business like a translation business, or you are concerned about your own computer or laptop, there have been more real security issues threatening our data that has ever been seen before. […]

Three Benefits of Translating E-Commerce Products

If you are thinking of marketing your products online to a global market it’s not worth the effort unless you translate the information about your products into the language of your proposed market. There are two main things you need to get your e-commerce products globally mobile, one is the translation of products, and two […]

Need of Localization for B2B Websites Through a Microsite

A microsite is a website that is smaller than a business’s main site but has links to it. Often a business will create a microsite when starting to promote a new product. Creating a microsite in a foreign language This is a particularly good idea if a business’s main site isn’t entirely appropriate for another […]

Unusual Languages Where Translation May Still Be Required

It’s not too difficult to find a translator who can translate your text into a more commonly used language but when it comes to unusual languages like the African languages of Acholi, Ewe, Dzongkha, or Mien this can be quite a challenge! Often, less spoken languages are found in poorer parts of the world where […]

How AI and ML Could Transform Speech-to-Text Language Translations

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming important in relation to voice-to-text translation. So far, the aim is for AI and machine learning (ML) to achieve 99 percent accuracy when AI and ML are used in the coming years. It’s getting so sophisticated that when using ‘Smart Compose,’ where someone in Gmail writes a sentence and ‘the […]

The Many Benefits of Learning Italian Language and Culture

Benefits of learning the Italian language: Business and trade The Italian economy, while not the largest in Europe (that distinction goes to Germany), is still very significant, making Italy an important trading partner. In 2017, for example, the U.S. alone exported around $18 billion worth of goods and imported $50 billion of goods from Italy. […]

Document Translation Services if You Have Been in the Military

If you have had a career in the military for any length of time and haven’t reached retirement, it can seem a shock to go back into civil society. When you are in the military, many things that are necessary elsewhere are taken care of for you. In fact, while you have had the opportunity […]

What is Meant by Quality Assurance in Translation?

Global communication has never been more important than now and that means that translators are busy helping aid communication wherever there is a language barrier. If your business or organisation needs a lot of translation done for them, then you will want to be assured of the quality of the translation. Good translators and translation […]