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We all know that poking a lion with a stick isn’t the best of ideas. Similarly, saying certain things to a professional translator can also be extremely dangerous and can result in serious trauma, injuries or even being cursed in an unfamiliar language.  In order to protect you from those types of unpleasant situations, here are 5 […]

The machine translation industry is advancing at a quick rate, yet such innovations never fail to fall short of criticism. The idea of having effective translations are proving to be an attractive prospect to some. But for a translator like myself, this idea isn’t as favourable. There is no doubt that machine translation technologies have […]

There are going to be people who will look at the title of this post and question what is it that I love about working as a translator. I can just hear the usual “isn’t your job repetitive?”, “do you ever leave your house?” or “do you have a social life?” Yes, well, I do […]

The process of converting written communication from one language to another whilst maintaining the original message in the source file is commonly referred to as translation. Translation agencies are in demand today due to increased globalization.  The need for officially certified translation services is higher than ever before. Growth in cross cultural communication aided by […]

For years, the English language was sufficient enough to get you around in the world of business. Today however, it is estimated that half of the world’s population is bilingual pushing language trends in business in a new direction. These trends are very much determined by shifts in society, because a language which is in […]

Does establishing the languages of the future implies simply listing the world’s most spoken languages? The answer would be yes and no. Having a first-hand experience working for a translation agency in London, I would say yes, for the reason that a language which is widely spoken suggests that it is valuable in many aspects such […]

  India is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Here, at Translation Services London, we see a clear growth of customers who wish to approach the Indian market with their products and services. Nevertheless, with 28 states and 7 union territories, 325 languages with 1,652 dialects and with 18 official languages, India […]

Culture and communication is by far one of the most talked about features in translating languages. Language can tell a lot about a person and how they communicate to others. It is often a tendency in many people to judge others by their own standards, from their own viewpoint and perspective. Communication can therefore be […]

To date, the technologies industry is growing faster than it has ever done in previous years. Think about phones. While the landline version took 137 years to reach 1.14 billion users, the mobile phone took only 30 years to reach more than 6 billion users, and not too out of topic, Facebook only needed 8 […]

The supremacy of English in science, culture and politics is overwhelming. There are many reasons for this dominance – for instance the tolerance of the speakers. In the Musical “My Fair Lady” Professor Henry Higgings indignantly talks about the “cold blooded murder of the english language”. The culprits are the Scots, the Irish, the Welsh […]