Posts by Chad Richardson
3 Popular Translation Myths Busted
Have you noticed how people who are not in your field might think that what you’re doing is very easy? “Oh, it will only take you ten minutes,” they’ll say. “It’s child’s play for you,” they may add. However, given that you’re the one who’s actually doing the job, you know that it’s not as…
Read More3 Important Qualities to Look For in a Translation Company
When looking for a translation company to handle your translation needs, you should always keep your eye out for particular qualities that let you know you’re working with the right people. Without seeing the right qualities in a translation company, you’re opening yourself up to the possibility of receiving a poor finished product. In this…
Read MoreWhat Does It Take to Produce a Professional Translation?
As global communications increase, so does the need for communication in multiple languages. And when your company is in need of translation services, it’s important to know exactly what it takes to produce a professional translation. Here are several concepts about translation and the experts that perform them which you should understand when you’re looking…
Read MoreHow Do You Evaluate A Translation Company?
There are many reasons for many businesses, organizations, and individuals to need a translation company. In international cities, translation services will be needed in a variety of industries, including the legal industry, the insurance industry, the real estate industry, and others. When it comes to the legal industry, there will generally be multiple translation projects…
Read MoreGetting Plugged into the Best Translator
Have you ever plugged a word or phrase into a generic translation application or website and then consequently laughed hilariously at the result that appeared? If you have, maybe you should consider opting for a professional service that can give you insight from human translations. Languages are so amazing. They are diverse and provide such…
Read MoreThe Similarities Between the Processes of Drawing and Translation
When you’re translating something, you may think that the process seems pretty simple. It’s like copying a picture from one piece of paper onto another. You can do it by dividing the original drawing and a blank piece of paper into smaller squares. It’s easier to copy the contents of one small square into another…
Read More3 Ways a Translation Company Can Improve Your Business Relations
Whether you are a small, local B2C business or a larger B2B corporation, the entirety of your professional entity’s existence is founded on important relationships with clients. And for some businesses, it’s necessary to use translation services to effectively communicate with customers with whom you don’t speak the same language. In this post, we’ll look…
Read MoreHow Translation Varies Depending on Its Purpose
When you provide translation services, it’s important to keep the client’s needs in mind. What do they need the translation for? Is it a business document? Is it an advertisement? Is it a TV series which needs subtitling? Is it a letter or an email? Depending on the type of document which is being translated,…
Read More3 Elements of Translation: Adjectives, the Use of Gender, and Alphabets
To some extent, translation is an intuitive thing. The translator sees a sentence in one language and, if they are fluent in another language, they immediately start translating it in their mind. In a way, translation can seem like a game in which you have to find the best possible version of that sentence in…
Read MoreMistakes in Word-by-Word Translation and Degrees of “Rightness” in Translation
Many people think that translation is a simple, mechanical process. You take each word in the source language, figure out its meaning in the destination language and then write down that word in your translation. But if this was how it worked, then anyone would be able to translate from one language to another with…
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