Category: Industry

8 Rules to Follow When Launching a Website for Multilingual Countries

Launching a business can be challenging but what’s even more challenging is expanding it beyond national borders. Companies need to take legal, financial and cultural influences into consideration in addition to bypassing the language barrier. 96% of the world’s consumers are outside of the United States which stands to reason that breaking down the language […]
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What’s an Event Translator?

An Event Translator or a rapid translator as it is often referred to specializes in instant translations during events. The translators specialize in translating between two or more languages making them ideal for events where the attendance includes people from different backgrounds. However, there are various types of event translators. The most common of which […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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What is Localization?

Many people incorrectly use the terms ‘localization’ and ‘translation’ interchangeably. While translation is a part of localizing a program, website or business but it’s not the only key component. A translation is merely changing the original language (source) to another language. Books, apps, multimedia, websites can all be translated by changing the language from one […]
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How do Translation Companies Work?

Traditionally, translation companies processed all of their translations in-house, whereas translation agencies outsourced their translation work to freelancers.  These days, this distinction between the two sources for professional translation services is fading.  The general distinction still applies, but there is overlap in how these services are processed. The primary reason for outsourcing to freelancers is […]
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How do we translate software and video games?

Translation services are often thought to refer to the translating of documents from one language to another – usually contracts, web content, brochures, fliers, and the like.  When the translation services to be performed are for software or video games, multiple translation services are required.  Those services may also need to be augmented with a […]
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