More and more R&D is being put into artificial intelligence—at least as it applies to machine translation—and an ever greater number of companies involved in the language services industry are beginning to take notice. Such actors must decide for themselves whether to take the leap and invest in customizing an MT engine. Naturally, the prospect […]
Savvy business owners know that the world is one big marketplace these days, but that doesn’t mean that everybody is clear on how to tap into the vast opportunities beyond their domestic market. One of the keys to unlocking that door is to translate your content, which can provide a significant boost to a company’s […]
So you need to translate something and you’re considering your options. Perhaps you took some language classes in school, or maybe you’ve got an old friend who speaks the requisite foreign tongue. Think that’s a viable option? Wrong! What you need is the kind of service that only a professional translation can provide. Consider the […]
What translation services should a client pay for? Which are the most effective or suitable? The truth is that when it comes to requesting a translation order and providing a quote thereof, there’s a plethora of options and needs that enter into play which may vary from client to client. Every case is unique and […]
Newspapers, magazines and journals are, in and of themselves, very valuable resources for translators, as reading them imbues us with a current and, more often than not, correct use of language. Moreover, the most important newspapers in the world contain additional resources in their online versions that can be incredibly helpful when getting down to […]
When translating a song, a poem or a proverb, it’s unacceptable to go about it in a literal fashion (though later on we’ll see an example where there’s no other option but to do so). In the specific case of a song, we must find a way to express the original meaning of the lyrics […]
As we’ve mentioned in other posts, Memsource is a very powerful tool for managing translation projects. A large percentage of files that project managers come across to be sent out for translation belong to the Microsoft Office suite, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint. How can we optimize the use of Memsource to translate these files? […]
A teary-eyed cat, a monkey covering its eyes, hearts of various colors, two twins dancing in rhythm… Most of us use emojis — those drawings that complement our messages sent over platforms such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, etc. But what do they really mean? Could they become a sort of lingua franca in the future? […]