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The Core Of Multilingual Social Media Campaigns Social media networks are an excellent marketing tool for building brand awareness and connecting directly with your customers. But when your customers come from various parts of the world and speak different languages, planning and managing a social media campaign can be very complicated. Bilingual customers accept that […]

The developments in technology and widely available internet have globalised eCommerce and changed the way companies do business. Today, small and medium-sized organisations are joining larger, multinational corporations in the cross-border trading process on regular basis. As a result, translation service providers (TSPs) find a growing demand for their services and more opportunities arising within […]

Being a professional translator often proves to be an extremely challenging profession. Stereotypically, many people assume that translators simply sit with a dictionary in front of them and always translate words literally, without a creative flare of any kind. And although, let’s be completely honest, sometimes we work with documents which indeed require just that, […]

Thinking about becoming a translator? A career as a professional translator is listed in the top ten professions right now. Globalisation, international business combined with the technological revolution has brought the global community into a centralised space and the need for translators is at a premium. Having said that, language translation is a highly competitive […]

Today, translation services are an integral part of the globalising world and an extremely important part of our lives, both the personal and professional. In fact, translation mistakes can be costly, not only financially, but in some cases, also physically. This is certainly the case in critical fields such as the medical profession, law or […]

Translation Services is an extremely demanding and fast-paced industry. Tight deadlines and work overload are unfortunately the everyday life for many. Often, being a professional translator means not having the time for simply taking a step back and relaxing. Nonetheless, when that time finally comes, many translators choose to read up on the current industry […]

Google Pixel Buds vs. professional interpreters: Which is more accurate? In the recent months, there has been a lot of excitement in the media for Google’s new language device – Google Buds. The real-time translation tool would be a holy grail for frequent travellers and perhaps even the international business sector, nevertheless, alike any machine […]

The FSI (Foreign Service Institute) which is U.S government’s main provider of foreign affairs training, including language translations, prepared an interesting map which describes the ‘Language difficulty rankings’.  The research highlights how long it should take for a native English speaker to learn a language and what level of difficulty each language presents to them. […]

What are the costs of professional translations and how to successfully manage them? Launching your business in front of an overseas audience does not have to overstretch your budget. Managing translation costs by organising and incorporating them into a sensible business plan will enable you to develop a marketing strategy and cradle your investment. The scope […]

Professional translators are an easy going bunch. We love what we do (well, most of the time) and pride ourselves in our craft, knowledge and abilities to build bridges between people and businesses. Still, even experienced professional translators aren’t perfect (although some may strongly disagree) and while we may never admit it, we too indeed […]