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Filipino, Tagalog or English?

The Philippines is a rich and vibrant country home to 180 languages. Though the 1987 Constitution states that the official language is Filipino, with English and Tagalog being designated as official languages. But that has done little to discourage the use of other languages in the country. Interestingly Spanish is to be promoted but on […]

Important Facts About The Japanese Writing System

Modern day written Japanese uses a combination of two types of characters. The first is called logographic kanji which has mainly been adopted from Chinese characters and the other is syllabic kana. Kana consists of syllabaries used for grammatical elements and native Japanese words while katakana is used for emphasis. All written Japanese is a […]

What Is Glocalization?

Glocalization is a word which combines the world “globalization” and “localization.” The term is often used to describe a service, product or business model which is developed for distribution globally but can also be customized for users of a specific market. The process may involve tailoring the product or service to conform to local consumer […]

East Asian languages

The vast majority of East Asian languages are related to many language families. Chinese seems to be one of the most dominant root languages especially across Mainland Southeast Asia owing to the various linguistic features shared amongst them including tone and syllable. Chinese influence comes as no surprise as Chinese culture dominated the area through […]

February 23, 2017
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Culture
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What Languages Are Really Spoken In America?

The obvious answer to this question is that Americans speak English. However, in America, we speak a dialect of the original English, called American English. That being said British English is a dialect too, even though its considered an original dialect. The English language spoken in various parts of the US varies. The differences are […]

How do we Translate a Book?

Translating a book is often a long and complicated process depending on the subject matter. Literary works are harder to translate as they are more artistic as opposed to books that are more general, informational or overall less artistic in nature. However, generally speaking, the workflow involved with translating a book requires reading the book […]

February 13, 2017
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Industry
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Benefits of Working as a Translator

A translator is one of the few multilingual people in the world who are capable of understanding i.e. both reading, speaking and writing in different languages. The feat of becoming a qualified and experienced translator is a unique achievement. However, there are numerous benefits or perks if you are becoming a translator which includes interacting […]

Worldwide Translation Industry

The language and translation industry is considered to be one of the fastest growing and biggest in the world. Compared to fifty years ago, the demand for translation services has quadrupled mainly because an increasing number of businesses are doing business across borders. In the past, doing business in multiple countries in different languages was […]

What’s a CAT Software?

CAT Software or CAT Tool as it is often referred to is used by human translators to speed up the translation process. CAT is an abbreviation for Computer Assisted or Aided Translation. However, Computer Aided Translations shouldn’t be confused with machine translations, the latter of which does not have any human intervention and hence is […]

10 Reasons Why Not To Trust Machine Translations

Over the past decade, a growing number of businesses have slowly been turning to machine translation services like ‘Google Translate’ for their translation. While machine learning and translation has improved over the years, it is still nowhere near where it should be. Anyone who speaks and writes two languages fluently can quickly put a machine […]

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