by Asif Afzal | Oct 19, 2020 | Language, Translation
It has been revealed by The Guardian that an American teenager has been found to have erroneously translated huge swathes of Scots Wikipedia, the Scots language version of the well-known website. Almost half of the entries on the site were made by the non-Scots...
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 25, 2020 | Cross-Cultural Training, Doing business
Soft skills make the difference between an average employee and a great employee, and in today’s competitive business place, we all need great employees who can help set our businesses apart from our competition, communicate effectively, lead successfully, and are...
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 | Sep 4, 2020 | Interpreting, Language, Translation
Jacques Matensi-Kubanza, chair of the charity, African French Speaking Community Support (AFSCS) has told The London Economic in a recent article online, that the UK government has put the lives of minority groups at risk due to guidance on Covid-19 being translated...
by Asif Afzal | Aug 26, 2020 | Cross-Cultural Training, Language, Translation, UAE
An intriguing novel by Emirati author, Asma Al Zarouni, which explores Arab culture is now available to English-speaking audiences after being translated from Arabic to English, according to an article online by Gulf News. The novel, entitled ‘Killing Me Once More’...
by Asif Afzal | Aug 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Arabic language is a little unusual – while there are more than 400 million Arabic speakers in the world, most of these speak regional dialects such as, Egyptian, not Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) which is the version taught in schools across the Arabic world, used...
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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