Tag: Translation Challenges

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Internationalization

Internationalization: the Holy Grail of the Translation Industry?

The first and most obvious method is to attempt a direct word for word translation. The main issue…
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Brexit

The English Language in the EU after Brexit

Surely English is Far too Popular Too Stop Using? Globally around 360 million people speak English as their…
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RIO Olympics

Gold Medal in Linguistics: RIO Olympics 2016

Over 204 countries and territories participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to…
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Post Editing

How to Collaborate with a Machine: a Translator’s Story

Translation as a profession is changing in the global information age. The development of language technologies (i.e., translation…
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Translation Challenges – The Customer Survey

Would you believe that one of the most difficult tasks in translation is the creation of customer surveys?…
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Translation Service Essentials—Why Not Just Use Google Translate

Google Translate supports over 90 languages and can even translate half of those just by submitting a photo…
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Translation Service Fails – When Names Do Not Translate

When Coca-Cola was first introduced to China, it was translated “Bite the wax tadpole” or “Female horse stuffed…
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Translation Challenges – Emphasizing Text In International Translations

We use different types of emphasis in our writing and presentations to call attention to certain words or…
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