Translation and Language Industry Observations
Translation and Language Industry Observations
Are you considering becoming a full-time freelance translator? Good for you! But before attending to the business side of the matter, you need to be absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing. Unfortunately, simply knowing a second language does not mean you can translate. Learning the profession of translation requires a lot of dedication …
When you want to take your business in an exciting new direction, you’ll inevitably start thinking about expanding into new markets and countries. It’s certainly a great place to be in, but what about all the various bits and pieces you need to get in order before you can really start expanding? There’s the service …
According to the US Department of Labor, as of the year 2020 there were 76,100 translators and interpreters employed in the USA. And the job outlook for translation professionals is excellent with a much faster than average growth rate. But at $52,330 a year, the median pay scale for translators and interpreters is relatively low. …
MS Publisher is a Desktop Publishing application by Microsoft. It is not one of the leading DTP programs, but since it is bundled with some versions of MS Office, many people may have it on their PC and not even know about it. How to find out if your PC can run MS Publisher If …
Professional Translation Services Best Practices International professional translation services have become a staple business service which is required by most companies in the world. This post will provide some details about translation services for professional use, and how you can order accurate and professional translation services. Meaning of professional translation services Professional translation services is …
If you are the owner of a YouTube channel, you may want to consider showing subtitles in various different languages. Adding subtitles will get your videos shown to a wider audience. This post will show you how. What are Subtitles? When watching videos on YouTube, you may sometimes see words on the screen that correspond …
Ukraine has been in the news a lot recently. President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a certain White House intelligence officer blow the whistle on Trump. This caused a chain reaction which has lead to an impeachment inquiry. On the other side of the political fence, former VP Joe Biden also …
Even professionals tend to make mistakes. Busy workloads, prolonged concentration and associated fatigue can cause people to make silly mistakes even in the most routine tasks. In order to avoid these situations and to detect errors on time, there are a few special assistants that will safeguard the quality of your material. If you have …
As professionals in the translation industry, whether you are a translator, a PM, a designer, a sales manager or a translation company owner, we all live with the clock. Anyone who has worked in this business knows that deadlines are a part of our life and are sacred. If you promised your client to deliver …
Lots of people are searching the Internet for cheap translation services. But can cheap document translation services also be good quality? Debunking the ‘cheap is not good’ argument Many of you have heard of the project management triangle. In any given project, you can pick two out of the three following things: fast, good and …
At GTS Translation, we made a strategic shift a few years ago and started to sell document translation services online. It is a simple concept which is used by several other companies like gengo, onehourtranslation and translated. The customer only needs to upload her/his documents and select the source and target languages. They get the …
I just got an email from Google announcing that it is shutting down its Google Translator Toolkit (GTT) service. This is pretty big news, although I am not really sure why. Was anyone using GTT? Obviously not very many and the number of users was in decline, because otherwise why would they do that? I …
Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle (African Proverb) The translation industry has been dominated by huge players from Europe, North America and East Asia overshadowing important translation initiatives in other parts of the world. But in the rapidly developing region of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, …