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The Answer to the Olympic Translation Barrier?

Posted by Bart Kawalec on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, In : technical translation, translation services 

 

Athletes and fans from over 200 different countries have descended on the Greater London area this summer for the Olympic Games. Needless to say, language and translation will be something of an issue. 


Brigham Young University (Utah) professor Giovani Tata is all too familiar with such challenges. He was the director of creative works at BYU that oversaw the creation of a language training product for volunteers at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Fast forward a decade, Tata has...


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Why Your Company Should Use Spanish Website Translation

Posted by Michael Mushota on Friday, July 13, 2012, In : Website Translation 


The fluidly of the internet has made the acquisition of certain services much easier for businesses, big or small. A whole range of company requirements can be found online with ease and at a reasonable cost. Translation services certainly fall into that category, as even small tech start-ups will find themselves utilising website translation at an early stage. This has seen a proliferation of the service across all business sectors and this expansion only looks set to continue.

Website trans...

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Freedom of the Internet and Turkish Censorship Issues

Posted by Ilaria on Thursday, June 21, 2012, In : Website Translation 


The Turkish market represents a very important link between Europe and the Middle East. Entering the Turkish market might not be that easy, though, especially online. With 35 million active users, Turkey is considered a growing market for e-commerce, however communication on the web might still encounter several restrictions and censorships. Websites including YouTube, Dailymotion, Alibaba, Slide.com and some WordPress blogs have all been banned at least once in the past years.

According to t...

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More Contribution to Italian Book Translation

Posted by Bart Kawalec on Monday, June 11, 2012, In : book translation 


If you look on Amazon at the ten best Italian books in translation you will mainly find the so-called classics. “The Day Of The Owl”, “The Leopard” and “Christ Stopped At Eboli” for instance. Just three authors nominated in the list are still alive and active.

Italy is in the top rank for translating as a country, but regarding Italian trade titles abroad things are different.
Now, statistics say Italian books are selling a lot abroad and their diffusion keeps increasing. Certainly...

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Italian Book Translation – Famous Folk Tales!

Posted by Ilaria on Friday, June 8, 2012, In : book translation 

Whenever we think of children’s stories, we often think of the famous Disney films, the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson, but today we are focusing on Italian famous folk tales and children’s stories! The most famous one would definitely be Pinocchio, which we may be most familiar from the famous Disney adaptation. However, this production is based from the Italian book The Adventures of Pinocchio written by Carlo Collodi.

In fact, the book was originally not intended for childr...

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Italian Cuisine and Its Translation

Posted by Bart Kawalec on Friday, June 1, 2012, In : Technical Translation 


When ordering at an Italian restaurant, have you ever wondered what certain terms were? We’re all familiar with Spaghetti Bolognese, Garlic Bread and Pizza, but what about other types of pasta – there are over 600 shapes of this beautiful food item! Is it Al Dente or Al Forno? We provide the translations behind one of the world’s tastiest foods!

So when you get a menu at an Italian restaurant, the first thing you may see is Antipasto, which literally means before the pasta as starters. T...

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Conquer a New Market with a Turkish Language Website

Posted by Bart Kawalec on Thursday, May 24, 2012, In : turkish website translation 


Reach Everybody Translating Your Website


Anyone involved in business in Turkey knows about the importance of having good proficiency in English.
Turkey is expanding trade and commercial relations with Europe and the US and is one of the countries where your IT skills will be highly rewarded. Especially if you are an expert in HTML and website content.
Why? Because today most of the big companies in Turkey are well known around the world thanks to their website. And of course their website needs ...

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The Importance of Specialised Language Courses

Posted by Ilaria on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, In : Certified Translation 


If you ask anyone to tell you something about Italy they will certainly mention the food (pasta and pizza), they will tell you about Venice and Rome and then they are probably going to start moving their hands and speaking out loud, trying to imitate the common stereotype of Italians' way of speaking.
Eventually anyone who went there will tell you that communicating in English or in any other language was a real challenge, even in tourist hotspots.

All of the above is partly true but there are ...

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Siri Language Translation

Posted by Bart Kawalec on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, In : Technical Translation 


If you’ve read the Douglas Adams’ classic ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, you’ll be familiar with the Babel fish – a ‘small, yellow, leech-like’ fish that can provide instant translations simply holding it to an ear. News emerged recently that Apple are planning to develop their Siri voice recognition technology to perform a similar function, and although it’s unlikely to help you understand Vogan poetry like it did for Arthur Dent, instant voice translations will ...

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So You Want To Be a Medical Translator?

Posted by Bart Kawalec on Monday, March 26, 2012, In : Medical Translation 
If you’re bilingual and have a medical background, what better career option is there than as a medical translator? With the translation industry booming while others falter in these turbulent times, it represents an attractive option for those who have what it takes. 

Knowing and understanding complicated medical terminology in both the source and target languages is essential. Only someone with specialised training is going to be to take medical jargon in one language and find exactly the ...

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The Ins and Outs of Spanish Medical Translation

Posted by Steve Berkeley on Monday, February 20, 2012, In : Medical Translation 
Doctors, researchers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufacturers and insurance companies in Spain constantly require quality Spanish medical translation services. Whether it concerns patient records, medical prescriptions, questionnaires or insurance claims, at some point the need for a Spanish translator with medical expertise will arise.

The minefields of Spanish law formone reason why medical translation must be of the highest accuracy. Strict laws are in place re...
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