Translation and Language Industry Observations
Translation and Language Industry Observations
Welcome global recession. We weren’t expecting you and you are not welcome in our house. But it looks like we have no choice and you are here to stay for a while. The coronavirus has already put many people out of jobs and we are just at the beginning. Many more people will be out …
In the last 2-3 days, we have been getting dozens of emails from Language Service Providers (LSPs) who are using the Coronovirus as an excuse to spam potential clients and push their translation services. Here is an example: _____________________________________________________________________ Dear business partners, Despite various restrictions and quarantine measures, we operate as usual. Our technologies enable complete …
The entire world seems to be consumed these days with the hysteria around the coronavirus outbreak. And for good reason. Thousands are already dead and the outbreak seems poised to wreak havoc throughout the entire world. US President Trump has issued a travel ban, basically cutting off travel between Europe and the USA. According to …
A few weeks ago I wrote a post on LinkedIn entitled: More proof why IMO machine translation is clearly not ready to replace professional translators. You can see the full post here. This was a simple test that we ran after receiving an order from one of our clients. We ran the original German sentence …
As any online business manager or owner knows, driving traffic to your website is challenging. But even success in driving traffic is only winning half the battle. Getting visitors to convert and buy online is the other and more important half of your success. The Challenge Facing GTS Translation GTS Translation has been selling professional translation services …
The state-of-the-art Neural Machine Translation (NMT) systems available today provide a fast, excellent basis for high quality translations. Spelling, grammar and general formulations have a low error rate and therefore the post-editing (PEMT) requires little effort. For post-editing of technical texts, however, specialist knowledge must be available in both theory and practice in order to …
The coronavirus could not have come at a worst time. During the Chinese New Year, many people take to the roads and railroads, sometimes traveling up to three days to be with family. The outbreak of the coronavirus forced many people to stay at home for the holidays. But for most translators, business is usual …
Should you optimize for typos? As someone who has been working in the language industry for many years, one of the most common typos I make is typing ‘Soanish” instead of Spanish. This is a common typo, as the ‘O’ and ‘P’ keys are located next to each other in QWERTY keyboards, both in mobile …
This post provides valuable insight into the mindset of Latin American customers to help you optimize your website localization efforts. Social scientists have studied cross-cultural communication for decades, and some of their findings can shed light on what should and should not be done when trying to appeal to foreign markets. This article explores some …
The world is still abuzz with the state-sponsored assassination of Qasem Sulemani. This triggered talks of a US-Iran war. Then came the unintentional downing of the Ukrainian International Airlines jet by Iran which claimed the lives of 176 souls. This caused mass riots by thousands of irate Iranians who are demanding the ouster of Iran’s …
The fastest and most efficient way of learning a foreign language has always been total immersion, using the language on a daily basis, almost to the exclusion of your mother tongue. For people who are not living in a country where their target language is spoken, this is easier said than done. Luckily for the …
Translating a website into other languages can be expensive. Translating an entire website may not only require a large budget, it usually requires extensive IT support. This may be problematic for small businesses that want to translate their company website at little expense and without a lot of technical headaches. Or sometimes, companies prefer to …
As a freelance translator or a representative of a company in the languages industry, you work with international clients in foreign lands. The nature of our business is international, so your exposure to foreign clients is inevitable. So what do you do when such a client does not pay for services rendered? It’s a good …