Translation and Localization
Translation

Strategic Localization Investment: How to Assess Localization Opportunities Beforehand and Estimate ROI

There are many factors an organization needs to assess when deciding whether and how to enter a new geography: local consumer behavior and preferences, availability...

May 12, 2017 · 4 minutes · Ulatus
Website Localization
Translation

SEO and Quality Assurance in Website Localization: What to Keep in Mind

Website localization is essential for companies wanting to expand their global reach. Speaking to consumers in their native language and appealing to them with locally...

April 17, 2017 · 4 minutes · Ulatus
Website Localization
Translation

Website Localization 101: the Right Questions to Ask and the Steps to Take

The concept of globalization was popularized by Thomas L. Friedman, who defined it as the international system that replaced the Cold War system. According to...

April 14, 2017 · 4 minutes · Ulatus
Web Localization
Translation

Web Localization: Best Practices and Resources

According to the United Nations, nearly 3 billion people around the world had access to the Internet in 2014. As of January 2017, the majority...

April 12, 2017 · 3 minutes · Ulatus
Translators and Interpretors
Translation

Not Quite Two Peas in a Pod: the Differences between Translators and Interpreters

Interpreters and translators work in closely related linguistic disciplines. To the untrained eye, the difference between an interpreter and a translator is only in the...

April 5, 2017 · 2 minutes · Ulatus
Untranslatable
Translation

Translating the Untranslatable: Should We Accept the Challenge or Really Not?

Different languages handle linguistic features differently (i.e., gender, verb tenses, time, space, and metaphors). Nouns in different languages have different genders. For example, in Spanish,...

March 24, 2017 · 3 minutes · Ulatus
Translation

ISO 17100: Setting the Bar High for Translation Service Providers

International Standards are recognized in an incredibly broad range of industries. They seek to establish a set of requirements, specifications, guidelines, or characteristics that will...

January 27, 2017 · 3 minutes · Ulatus
Google Translate
Machine Translation

The Biggest Technology Leap in the Last Ten Years: Google Translate

Google’s latest update in language translation has made a technological leap in the field of translation greater than any in the last ten years combined....

January 27, 2017 · 3 minutes · Ulatus
Should we always say yes?
Translation Culture

If the Customer is Always Right, Must You Always Say Yes?

I worked for a boss once who used to say "just say yes to everything and then work out how to do it".  She ran...

January 17, 2017 · 2 minutes · Ulatus
Challenges of Mobile market place
Translation

Issues and Challenges for the Language Industry in the Mobile Marketplace

Within economically developed countries, it is easy to feel that the internet is everywhere because it is everywhere that we go. It is easy to...

January 4, 2017 · 2 minutes · Ulatus
Medical Translation
Medical Translation

Medical Translation Obstacles and What to Watch out for

For a translator who embarks on the journey of medical translation, there are a few obstacles that need to be taken into account when delivering...

December 30, 2016 · 2 minutes · Ulatus
Translation Career
Translation

Profession or Passion? The Multi-faceted Career of a Professional Translator

Translation can be a tremendously rewarding career, either as a full-time vocation or as a supplement to other freelance gigs. It teaches one attention to...

December 23, 2016 · 2 minutes · Ulatus

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