Sarah S, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

The gene for learning how to speak

Is it a person’s genes or their education? Neurologists, psychologists, biochemists and other scientists often take one side or the other in explaining behavioral and personality traits as diverse as

February 22, 2011

Machines can’t replace human translators

I realized something the other day while reading a long article that had been translated from Spanish into English and had obviously been put through Google Translate For Translators (GT4T)

February 10, 2011

Considerations when translating marketing material

I usually recommend to customers looking to translate content created to communicate and promote their products and services that they seek a “creative writing” service. I explain that this is “added

January 25, 2011

Trusted Translations at the GALA conference in Lisbon

Translation agencies, localization service providers, globalization consultants, internationalization specialists and linguistic technology developers linked to GALA (Globalization and Localization Association) will attend the 2011 conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The theme

January 24, 2011

Idiom ignorance

Idioms, which many translators are loathe to agree, are unavoidable in translation. While most people with a solid understanding of the source language shouldn’t come up against too many hurdles,

January 13, 2011

Which Chinese language should I translate to?

A lot of the time, when someone sends something to be translated into Chinese, they are unaware of the wide variety of dialects that are used as much on the

January 10, 2011

April Fool’s Day… How it translates into other cultures

The current festivities differ greatly from the Bible story that bore the legend – the date marks the death of all children under two years old born in Bethlehem of

January 5, 2011

How to stand out from the crowd

At our company we have literally thousands of translators on our books in all language pairs. Yet only a few are regularly used for each language. Really good translations that

December 30, 2010

How to tell if it’s a good translation

Not knowing a language and having the need to use it always gives me a feeling close to vertigo. The fantasy of traveling to exotic places is often ruined with

December 24, 2010

The three steps of translation

In the world of business, time is money. But as any savvy businessperson can tell you, unless the job is done well, there’s no use doing it at all. The

December 16, 2010

Cheaper is not always easier

Have you heard the slogan “cheap and easy” when referring to certain products and services? When it comes to translation services, cheaper is not always easier. When you decide to

November 11, 2010

How to obtain an effective translation

The need for translation is, basically, the need for communication: to increase it, to reach other audiences, to be understood. For this reason, it is crucial that, even though the

November 5, 2010

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