by Asif Afzal | Dec 18, 2020 | Cross-Cultural Training, Language
Languages are constantly in flux. Changes in lexical meaning alter with each generation, even within the same culture or social group, and languages evolve as new words are developed in line with technology or are borrowed from other languages. Generation by...
by Asif Afzal | Dec 4, 2020 | Doing business, Language, Localization, Translation
No matter where you’re based in the world, it is likely you’ve heard of the retail giant Amazon and are familiar with your country’s Amazon website or their Amazon Global distribution which ships to every continent in the world. Amazon are the ultimate global company...
by Asif Afzal | Nov 19, 2020 | Language, Localization, Translation
The Arabic language is the 4th most used language online according to current statistics and with more than 420 million speakers worldwide it is easy to see why. It is also the official language of 26 countries worldwide including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi...
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...
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