Posts by Chad Richardson
Is It Time For You To Consider Business Translation Services?
We are living in a diverse, global, and digital world, and this means businesses like yours are having interactions and conversations with people from all over the world. If you are able to understand all the obstacles and challenges that will come with this, you can place yourself at the front of the line when…
Read MoreWhat Happens When You Play a Game of Telephone with Translation?
Have you ever played the game called telephone? Most of us have tried this game at some point or the other when we were children. It involves several kids forming a line. The first kid decides on a random phrase and whispers it into the ear of the second kid. The second kid whispers it…
Read MorePersuasive vs. Informational Translation
In general, most people would agree that the aim of language is to get a certain idea across to the other person. This might be a request or demand e.g., “Could you pass the salt?” Or it could be an explanation e.g., “I am not going to have dinner because I still feel quite full.”…
Read More“Hygge” and “Gezellig”: Using Cultural Insights to Enhance Translations
When you translate something from one language into another, you leave behind one set of meanings and cultural assumptions and you take on another. It’s a little like changing from one set of clothes into another. One dress may be more suitable for work while another one might be more suitable for a date. Similarly,…
Read MoreExpand Your Global Reach
As businesses begin to build relationships and partnerships across the globe and participate in a variety of relations, there continues to be a need for better business translation and services. Business translation services and localization services can be used for website services, product documentation, meetings, and more. Working with a professional translation agency will be…
Read More3 Different Modes of Translation: Conversational, Literary and Slang
What happens when you try to translate a document but you come up with several different options? There is more than one right way of translating something. Language is not like math where there is only one right answer. Many answers could be right, depending on the context in which the translation is being used.…
Read MoreCan Your Business Benefit From Language Translation Services?
We have been living in a digital age for quite some time now. Many of the biggest cities in the world are turning into major global communities. Since people from a variety of countries are living and working in the same area, there can be communication barriers that present problems for people. This is where…
Read MoreHow to Translate Words/Phrases with No Exact Translation
When you translate something from one language into another, there are several things that you need to be careful about, from using the right words and following the rules of grammar to using the right slang or idiom when there is no exact translation of the word/phrase in the destination language. Words/Phrases with No Exact…
Read More3 Translation Dos and Don’ts
A lot of times, people don’t take translation very seriously. Sure, you might spend a lot of money getting someone to design a marketing campaign for your product. But you might skimp when it comes to getting that marketing campaign translated into a different language. The result is that the marketing campaign works great in…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Web of Culture and Language When You Run a Business
Translation is an art which is not completely understood. Many people assume that foreign languages are like their own language, with one word substituted for another. But the fact is that both, language and culture, are like interwoven webs; a ripple in one part of the web can set the whole thing moving. Language as…
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