Rafael Dos Santos, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

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How Video Remote Interpretation Services Are Transforming Global Business Communication

September 24, 2024

Businesses are no longer confined by geographical boundaries in today’s interconnected world. Companies are expanding into new markets and communicating with clients and teams across the globe. As a result,

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The Impact of Localization on E-commerce Success

August 20, 2024

In the dynamic world of e-commerce, the ability to cater to a global audience is essential for success. Localization applied to e-commerce involves more than just translating text; it encompasses

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Translating Marketing Content: Strategies for Success

September 21, 2023

Content translation sounds really simple, doesn’t it? Just run your texts through a free app and upload them in the foreign language, right? Nope, that’s so wrong! The experts at

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Is Bengali about to Boom?

June 29, 2023

From its earliest days as a trading lingua franca to the present day, Bengali has played a leading role in the cultural and economic development of South Asia. Its 200

California’s Secret Language: Boontling

June 15, 2023

It was around 150 years ago that hunter Walter Anderson got lost while tracking a wounded deer across the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. The lush valley he discovered (and

One Town, Five Official Languages

June 1, 2023

Deep in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, a huge municipality (about the size of Tennessee) is establishing a unique linguistic legacy: it has five official languages! Sharing borders with

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Waking Up to Vietnam

May 11, 2023

What gives Vietnamese coffee that unique kick? It’s made from nutty robusta beans, with nearly twice the caffeine content of milder arabica brews. That’s why it’s such a popular drink

Professional Translators Preserving Linguistic Nuances

May 4, 2023

Mirrors of their cultures, languages reflect the daily lives of their speakers. From the dozens of Eskimo -Aleut words for snow to Hawaiians’ sixteen kinds of waves, these national lexicons

Impacts of Poor Translations on Political Diplomacy

April 27, 2023

In multinational diplomacy, players come from diverse cultures and speak different languages. This raises challenges when cross-cultural translations are needed, even for experts like the Trusted Translations team. Despite a

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Korean Language: North and South

March 16, 2023

Spoken by around eighty million people, Hangugeo (or chosŏnmal) is the official language of both South and North Korea. However, after almost eight decades since the division into North and

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“Superstitious” Translations Anyone?

March 9, 2023

While language certainly reflects the soul of a people, superstitions often depict its history and culture. So here’s an overview of some ways in which ancient beliefs are still shaping

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When Bad Translations Taint a Democratic Exercise

February 2, 2023

With about one in four voters self-identifying as Hispanic, Broward County in Florida is an unlikely place to find official English documents translated badly into Spanish—like ballot documentation. However, mistakes

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