We Know How to Estimate Text Contraction and Expansion. One interesting and seldom discussed aspect of professional translations is the fact that the length of a text in one source language will typically expand or contract when translated to certain target languages. When translating documents from one language to another the content will typically change […]
Professional Translation Services – Common Misconceptions It is very common for people who are not closely involved in professional translation services to believe that translating from one language to another is a straightforward and simple endeavor. Any bilingual or multi-lingual individual can do it – seem to be the most obvious and most common misconception. […]
Who Understands What, Why, How and When? Language Constantly Changes. Of the thousands of languages that exist in the world,1 only a few hundred are spoken by at least one million people. The top three languages by the number of native speakers are Mandarin Chinese, English and Spanish. Languages are living, breathing organisms, constantly evolving […]
Professional Translation Services – Translations and Context Languages are systems to encode and decode information. Human or natural languages are cultural constructs; they are arbitrary and based on convention. They not only reflect but effectively shape the way we see reality. The main function of human language is communication and all human language carries meaning. […]
Professional Translation Services – Machine vs. Human Translation If you are in the market for a translation, there are basically two ways to go. You could either opt for what is known as “machine translation” (sometimes abbreviated as “MT”) or for human translation. Call me a conservative, but I can tell you right away that […]
Professional Translation Services: Hiring and Retaining the Best Professional Certified Human Translators By: L. Amado – 01/22/2010 As is the case with any business the most valuable resource in any professional translation service company is its people. A professional translation service company can spend a fortune in the latest computers, professional translation software and […]
Why Top Corporations Use Legal Translation Services In today’s complex international business environment (when foreign languages are involved) written communication and binding agreements must be clear, accurate, and convey your true intent in order to protect you from professional embarrassment, legal complications and disastrous transactional outcomes. That is why all successful international business executives use […]
A translation services company has to continuously improve its processes, generate translations with the correct meaning, terminology and composition. They must also assure that those processes are in sync with the client’s internal reviewers (when applicable). The translated document must convey the original message in the target language and, at the same time, it has […]
The ability to help the translation services customer identify his/her needs must be a key component of the services offered by any successful translation service. Most business owners like to work with the premise that “the customer is always right.” In some cases it is very wise to follow such a principle, but one should […]
As is the case with any professional production process, one of the key components of any successful professional translation service is an accurate and consistent translation Quality Assurance (QA) process. This may seem like a quite straightforward issue, but it is not. It is important to keep in mind that we are dealing with languages, […]