by Asif Afzal | Oct 26, 2020 | Doing business, Language, Localization, Translation
International trading is now the norm, even for small to medium sized businesses, but to truly take your brand global and appeal to customers who speak a different language, you’ll need to translate your website. Firms often have limited budgets for expansion into...
by Asif Afzal | Oct 12, 2020 | Doing business, Language, Localization, Translation
The Catalogue of Endangered Languages has found that over the last 40 years an average of 3.5 languages have become extinct each year, with 3054 languages (43% of all languages) currently on the endangered list. Even native British languages such as Cornish, Welsh and...
by Asif Afzal | Oct 1, 2020 | Language, Localization, Translation
It may seem as though there is a ‘day’ for everything at present – did you know there is a ‘World Toothache Day’ (February 9th), ‘Ice-cream for Breakfast Day’ (the first Saturday of February, which might be a bit chilly if you’re in the UK), and even an International...
by Asif Afzal | Sep 16, 2020 | Doing business, Interpreting, Language, Localization, Translation
Language is often ambiguous. Culture, dialect, vernacular language, homonyms, grammar and punctuation can all affect the meaning of words and when it comes to translation, it can become even more confusing, especially when technical terminology or sector-specific...
by Asif Afzal | Sep 11, 2020 | Interpreting, Language, Localization, Translation
Translators without Borders (TWB) recently announced they have joined the Translation Initiative for Covid-19, known as TICO-19, which uses language translation technology to translate Covid-19 health information into multiple languages. The TICO-19 initiative...
by Asif Afzal | Aug 14, 2020 | Doing business, Language, Localization, Translation
Translation and localisation projects can be daunting, especially if it is the first time you’ve undertaken this kind of project, or you require multiple languages and linguistic projects to be completed. Languages are notoriously ambiguous – words or phrases that may...
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