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Are we Obliged to Follow the Rules?

The reasoning behind the existence of rules is so we don’t live in chaos, but rather in an orderly society. In the case of language standards, it is so we

August 11, 2017

How can an Account Manager assist you?

As an Account Manager with Trusted Translations, I have the privilege of working with all types of clients and requests. Translation of personal documents, company handbooks, websites, phone apps, videos,

September 21, 2015

How to Discern Between a Translator and an Interpreter

When you translate you interpret, and when you interpret you translate, but translation and interpretation are not the same thing. As professions, translation and interpretation have shared procedures and objectives

April 7, 2015

Why is Language Flavor So Important in Localization?

Here in the editing office at Trusted Translations, we have many translators who work in different language pairs, from Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English to French…You name it,

September 2, 2013

When You Get Feedback From the Client

In the previous blog entry “Inquiries to the Client: It’s a Team Effort“, I talked about the fact that often times, the language services provider (LSP) needs to contact the

July 15, 2011

Inquiries to the Client: It’s a Team Effort

The interaction that takes place between the client and the Language Services Provider (LSP) is very extensive: The client requests a quote, the LSP carries out the corresponding analysis of

June 30, 2011

Criticisms of Edition

In our daily work we receive comments on the work of the editors. That is, the editors correct the work of translators and, in turn, receive feedback on their own

August 19, 2010

Mistakes, A Soap Opera?

Today is yet another day with an exciting match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And one essential aspect of winning is the popular adage: “mistakes are not allowed”. Well,

July 5, 2010

Discounts in Translations

As happens in many other fields of the “services” sector, translation agencies often offer certain promotions or discounts that result from a series of variables. Let’s take a look at

March 25, 2010

Calculating the Cost of Translations

Calculating how much it will cost to translate the files in a project is a complicated task. Translation cost cannot be a quick estimated calculation. Quite the contrary, it requires

February 9, 2010

Client Glossaries

As we have brought up in other posts, large translation projects need more care and attention in order to maintain consistency in the translation throughout the document(s). This coherence in

January 15, 2010

Specialized Translation Agencies

I recently read an article about the new national certification given to medical interpreters of Spanish in the United States. I think this is actually quite important, especially for the

December 2, 2009

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