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Accurate Technical Translation Services: A Must For Clarity
If you have ever had the privilege of reading a poorly translated technical manual, you know that it’s a tiny personal torture from which no hope for understanding or completion can escape. When you’re reading a scientific, technical or otherwise industry-specific text, you need the words and phrases to be exactly what the original writer intended, which means that you need a high-level translator working on your project.
Here are some things that you should look out for when you’re trying to have a technical document translated:
Obviously the number one fear and priority we have when you are having any document translated is accuracy to the intended meaning. This is doubly true when you have very specific terms that mean very specific things in multiple contexts.
If a translator uses one word or phrase for a certain element of the manual, it should be the same word if it’s used in the same situation. Nothing is more frustrating than understanding a term or concept at one point in a manual only to have it change later in the same document.
Another hot topic when it comes to technical translation is the translation of numbers and units. If any one of these elements of a translation is flubbed, you could be potentially putting your employees and customers at risk. It might seem like a no-brainer, but if you don’t have the right service, this is something that might go wrong!
These are all things that can, and will, go wrong if you trust your translation services to companies that don’t have the experience or expertise to get your translation services right. Keylingo is an experienced, time-proved and critically acclaimed translation service that can help you get your technical manual, research or other technical document translated accurately and expertly.
Contact us today to see our range of translation services and browse our website for examples and see our catalog of happy customers!
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Read More2 Unexpected Ways a Translation Company Improves Your Business
There are obvious reasons for using a translation company such as translating website copy from the original language to the one of a specific target audience or using a translator for an important meeting with a client who speaks a different language than you. But there are other subtle, yet powerful ways a translation company aids your business. In this post, we’ll examine two of those ways.
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- A Translation Company is an Important Part of Marketing: If you are a business with a target audience that speaks a different language, you absolutely must be able to market to certain members of your target audience in their language. That’s where a translation company comes in. Not only are they a vital part of crafting all of your marketing literature into wording your target audience understands, they’ll be able to translate content in a way that resonates because they have the technology and cultural relevance to do so.
- A Translation Company Can Help Expand Your Business: When you decide to start marketing your products or services to another culture, you are instantly expanding your potential reach. But to effectively reach a new target audience, you have to speak their language. A translation company with expert translators (typically ones who are native speakers of that language) will help you cross language barriers and gain access to new customers, thus playing an imperative role in growing your business. Additionally, they will know certain things about the culture and language that you likely do not yet know yourself. They can share this information with you and help you gain new insights to develop a marketing strategy that truly appeals to your new audience.
Are you currently in the market for a professional translation service for your business or any other translation need? Please don’t hesitate to contact us today!
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Read MoreThe Trouble with Artificial Intelligence as a Translator
Artificial intelligence translation of English is a great parlor trick which sometimes appears to do wonderful things. However, for critical business translation tasks, it isn’t ready yet. Experts say that AI is best suited for making decisions, choosing what to do when clear-cut conditions are or are not met and when the rules are very clear-cut. It is a binary system which functions in an environment of increasing numbers of if-then statements. AI has demonstrated enormous capability in playing chess, for instance. According to artificial intelligence expert, Dr. Michael Housman,
“Language is almost the opposite of [chess]. There aren’t any clear-cut and defined rules. The conversation can go in an infinite number of different directions… Language is kind of the wild west, in terms of data.”
Working, working but not there yet.
It’s not that the science of AI translation is standing still. Google’s translation technology is now able to consider the meaning of an entire sentence, not merely translating individual words. Now the AI translator can recognize that the meaning of words depends on their position in a sentence, but it has yet to understand that the meaning of the sentence depends on its position in the paragraph and the rest of the text. All this is within a context of culture and speaker intention. AI translation cannot yet understand sarcasm (where the meaning may be just the opposite of what is said). Idioms can be very problematic for automated translation.
AI translation may be suffering from much the same problem as AI self-driving cars. That is, human beings don’t follow rigid rules and the more AI obeys ridged rules, the less successful it will be in standing in for human beings. The experts describe the current utility of automated translation saying that Google translation is a good tool if you use it as a tool and don’t try to use it as a substitute for human understanding.
Where has AI translation been useful?
AI translation performs using the relationships between certain words which are common in most languages to create its translations. Translation functions have found their way into a number or commonly used websites and platforms. Both Google and Microsoft have developed translation apps that run on telephones. The Microsoft system has the advantage of working as a stand-alone program offline, using a neural net model, instead of the data-intensive cloud-based translation system. Experts who look at these translators say they provide a more human-like translation than the older models. The translation systems that use machine learning have far surpassed the older systems. They are available for 11 languages.
Current translations systems do something that some people think of as translation.
One Google researcher noted that “people naively believe that if you take deep learning and …1,000 times more data, a neural net will be able to do anything a human being can do. But that’s just not true.”
AI translators are not “there yet” compared to human translators. A recent contest in South Korea pitted machine translation tools against a team of translators in translating two texts from Korean to English and vice versa. The result of the 50-minute trial was that the machine translated text was “grammatically awkward,” definitely not the kind of translation produced by any educated native speaker. Left unsaid was that the translation could be understood if you allow for the clumsiness and the ungrammatical quality of the text. To get a rough idea of the meaning of the text, the AI translators could serve.
The technology appears to be getting ahead of the actual functionality of the translation software. Google Buds, that are supposed to provide a real-time translation (like the science fiction dream) is described as not much more than a gimmick.”
Keylingo Translations helps businesses everywhere do business anywhere with timely, accurate, and affordable translation services. Please contact us to learn more.
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Read More3 Reasons to Hire a Pro For Website Translation Services
Tempting though it may be to run your website content through some alluringly cheap translation software online, it will likely doing you more harm than good. There are many reasons why relying on a machine instead of an expert human being to translate is a bad idea and that’s a whole other blog post in and of itself. Today, we will focus on some key reasons why you should always hire a pro for website translation.
- Because It’s More Than Word for Word: When you are translating copy for your website, it cannot simply be translated word for word. Why? Because there is a whole slew of other things that need to be taken into consideration when translating, including grammar, syntax, nuances, and context. A human being with expert translation skills is able to accurately capture all of those things, whereas a software could not.
- Using a Software Could End up Costing You More: At first glance, using a software might seem like the more affordable option. However, your business cannot afford to lose large amounts of money due to a simple miscommunication or something lost in translation. A professional translator will ensure that your translated copy does not put you at risk for a serious loss in sales or even a legal battle.
- They’ll Capture The Voice of The Culture: Generally, when you are marketing to a group of people who speak a different language, you are marketing to a group of people who have a different culture. It is important that your website copy captures the voice of your target audience’s culture, not just something that represents their language. An expert translator will be able to provide you with translated copy that is also culturally sensitive and relevant to your new demographic.
Want to learn more about the benefits of professional translation services? Contact us today!
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Read MoreWhat to Look for in a Legal Document Translation Service
Contracts and other legal documents are notorious for their complexity. They typically feature long, complex sentences and legal terminology. As a result, legal documents can be very difficult to translate. Because of how important this documents can be, you should entrust them only to the most qualified legal document translators that you can find. Here are some of the qualities that you want when seeking translators for this kind of work:
1. Legal Expertise
Simply being fluent in a language is not enough when it comes to the skills required to translate a legal document. In addition to being fluent, a legal document translator will need the necessary legal knowledge for a correct translation. They must be able to translate from the source language to the target language while retaining the intent of the original document. Legal document translation is not an area where you can afford to overlook errors. A single poorly translated term could result in your firm being legally liable and could also ruin your reputation.
2. Experience in the Relevant Fields
In cases where the legal document pertains to technical or scientific fields, the translator will need education in those areas as well as translation experience in addition to their legal knowledge.
3. The Ability to Work Quickly
One of the challenges of legal document translation is that it must be performed according to a schedule. There are usually strict deadlines, which means that a translator must be skilled enough to handle a complex task in a short period without sacrificing accuracy.
4. The Ability to Maintain Confidentiality
Many of the legal documents that require translation also require confidentiality. Failing to keep them private can affect the outcome of business transactions, which means that the translator’s trustworthiness is paramount.
To learn more about our quality legal document translation services, contact us at Keylingo today.
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Read MoreThe Benefits Of Using Certified Translation Services When Translating Documents
When it comes time to translate documents from one language into another, there is a certain temptation to simply use Google Translate or one of the other widely available translation apps. After all, these apps are fine and they can do the same job as a professional translation service, right?
On the contrary, certified translation services offer the sort of benefits that are not always immediately recognizable. Let’s take a closer look at some of these advantages that are not always considered in these scenarios.
Confidentiality Agreements
Isn’t it more important to work with a certified translation service that can offer confidentiality agreements. Google Translate actually has the right to store the work that is done with the use of their services.
From there, they can use the work and modify it as they see fit. When legal documents are being translated, this is the last thing that anyone should want to take place. Hiring a certified translation service is one of the best ways to sidestep this sort of concern going forward.
Understanding Political and Social Mores
Translating with the use of machine does not account for the cultural subtleties that are present in any language. A word for word translation may get the job done at the moment but this strategy does not account for the level of understanding that the professionals can provide when it comes to the understanding of political and social mores.
Using a machine for translation purposes also causes clients to lose out on other nuances of foreign languages, such as tone. While the English language tends to be far more casual in nature, other languages are not used in such a way. This is something that a machine cannot account for.
Translating Words With Multiple Meanings
Every word is not going to have the same meaning across all languages and this is something that a translation app is not going to be able to address. If a word or expression in the document that is being translated has multiple meanings and it is not examined by a professional, this could lead to major problems down the line.
If companies cannot make the proper accommodations as far as a word’s intended usage is concerned, this will destroy their credibility with their client base. Legal and technical texts must be examined by a professional to make sure that absolutely nothing is lost in translation.
To find out more about all of the ways that certified translation services can provide the proper assistance going forward, please be sure to contact Keylingo Translations as soon as possible.
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Read MoreTranslation Services Help You Deal With Hard-to-Translate Languages (Part 2)
Welcome back to the second half of our two-part article on the hard languages to translate and how a translation service can help. Last time we talked about languages that are hard to translate vs languages that are hard to find translators for along with a few statistics. Let’s start back up at difficult languages for translators to learn.
Hard Languages to Translate
It is within any professional translation service’s best interests to collect translators that know a wide variety of languages. Assuming that you’re starting from English (which is hard enough to learn for non-natives), One vendor rates Mandarin Chinese as the top most difficult to learn, while another makes an equally strong case for Hindi. Both languages are spoken by many millions of people, have grown in complexity over their long existences, and have incredibly non-roman character sets. Following these two leaders are Japanese, Korean, and Arabic, each with their own character set and complex special requirements. In the small but difficult category comes Icelandic, Basque, Hungarian, Navajo, and Finnish.
What Make a Language Hard To Learn / Translate?
The more difficult a language is to learn, it generally stands that it is also more difficult to translate. The way we speak (and write) to a certain extent shapes and is shaped by the way we think, meaning that it is also more challenging to translate the same concept between two very different languages. Not to mention complex conjugation forms. Learning Japanese, for instance, requires the knowledge of three separate writing systems with individual alphabets. Iceland, on the other hand, tries to be a unified language but has become a mix of archaic traditional phrases and newly invented words based on the root language. Korean and Basque share the unique markers of not apparently having been derived from any other language, meaning that translators who like to work within a linguistic family are out of luck.
Whether your projects needs to be translated into one locally unusual and difficult to learn language or if you need a variety of translations for multiple international markets, a professional translation service is your best bet. They are the most likely to have a collection of skilled translators from various regions and linguistic capabilities to help you get exactly the translation your project needs. For more tips and information about working with a professional translation service, contact us today!
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Read MoreTranslation Services Help You Deal With Hard-to-Translate Languages (Part 1)
In the world of translation and interpreting not all languages are treated equally. The ability to translate between any two languages takes a fair depth of knowledge and contextual understanding, meaning that languages that are difficult to learn are also more difficult to source translations for because it’s not easy for translators to add them to their multi-lingual rosters. Then, of course, some languages simply have more translators available for them than others, making it easier to source translation to or from these languages. English, for instance, is popular worldwide and English-to-Spanish is one of the most commonly requested translation events. However, you will be pretty hard-pressed to find a single translator willing and able to tackle a Korean-to-Hindi translation, or more than a handful even familiar with Icelandic.
Hard Languages To Source
When it comes to sourcing high-quality translations, Google Translate just isn’t an option. You need someone who knows not only the interplay of syntax and grammar, but understands cultural nuances. Especially when it comes to business and contract translation, accuracy and clarity of meaning is a key part of the service. For this reason, you would expect native-speaking population size to play a large part in determining the availability of translator services.
However, a recent survey, recently asked it’s 140 survey responders to rate which languages they had experienced the most trouble sourcing, and the results are not what you might think! French comes in first as the top most difficult language to get an excellent translation for at 15%, shortly followed by Japanese and Arabic. At around 10% comes Korean and German, followed by Portuguese and Chinese.
These days, if you need a high-quality translation in any but the most common second languages in your region, you’ll need to deal with real professionals. The more difficult a language is to translate, the harder time you will have to get a good translation. Join us next time and we’ll talk about what makes these languages difficult and how a professional translation service can help you with as many language translations as you need. For more information about translation services, contact us today!
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Read MoreMICA: The Four Cornerstones Of Translation
If the simple translation of a group of words into another language was all that’s required, any bilingual person could do it. In fact, computers do it all the time, simply exchanging words or phrases in one language for similar words and phrases in another. Of course that’s not nearly enough.
In any type of translation, no matter how large or small, four major criteria must be considered and satisfied: Mood, Intent, Context, and Accuracy. All are equally important in development of the translated document. If you are in the process of choosing a translation service for your document(s), be sure:
- they are thoroughly professional
- they have an enviable reputation
- their translations are built on these four essentials.
Intent answers the question “What is this piece supposed to accomplish?” Every document, no matter what the final form will be – appellate brief, sales manual, television commercial, email, or some other communications tool – is written with a purpose. This purpose must be understood and explicitly conveyed in the translated document in such a way that it has the intended effect on the reader or audience.
Every document is also written in a certain Mood – using words and phrases that convey a feeling appropriate to its intended audience. An appellate brief, for example, whose intended audience is a judge or other member of the legal profession, uses formal language and structure. An installation manual uses the simplest and most direct possible language and form. An advertisement or other marketing tool might use humor to make a point. The correct mood engages the reader or viewer, keeps their interest, and gives them confidence in the author. It must be retained in the translated document.
Any well thought out document is also aware of the Context in which the document will appear: the type of audience for whom it is being written, and the environment in which they will receive it. For example, the recipient may have been exposed to other messages relevant to the topic. A variety of external elements tangential to the subject may also be influential and must be considered. Context, therefore, requires an intimate knowledge of the audience or recipient. Without that knowledge, it is impossible to retain the Mood of the original document.
Accuracy, of course, is essential. There must be no typographical errors or grammatical improprieties. Just as important, words and phrases must be translated accurately so that the author’s exact meaning is apparent, and the subtleties of the original language – the author’s shades of meaning – come through.
Mood, Intent, Context, and Accuracy. These are the cornerstones you – or your translation service – must use to build a translation that accomplishes all the objectives of the original document. For more insight, or to find out more about our services, please contact us.
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Read MoreTranslation is Key, Locally and Online.
Never before has the world seen a more powerful, more open platform of communication than the internet. The pinnacle of man’s achievement, the internet has been a story of constant evolution, a story of triumph from humble beginnings in 1983, to the dawn of the World Wide Web in 1990, to today’s all-encompassing behemoth cloud of information we know today.
Rooted heavily in the English speaking world, the internet is now diversifying in language,and though English is still the most popular, the gap is closing fast. China in particular has exploded on the scene, with 771 million Chinese speaking users online, compared to 985 million English speakers. While others such as Spanish (312), Arabic (185), Portuguese (158), Indonesian (157), Japanese (118), Russian (109), French (108), and German (85) continue to take their slice of the pie as well, the real interesting data lies outside of the big names. A staggering 897 million online users speak a language not listed above, meaning that over one third of the internet speaks a language outside of the top ten languages.
According to the Census Bureau in 2013, a record 61.8 million U.S. residents (native-born, legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants) spoke a language other than English at home. Whether you are doing your business online, an ever increasing option, or doing business locally or globally, having a professional translator can be key to the next big business transaction.
As the internet continues to evolve, it will encompass more people, more cultures, and more languages. This new, more diverse internet, will be even more vital to the growth of business but it may be harder to navigate the waters of language barriers. If you are in need of assistance, it is best to find a good translation service such as Keylingo.
Please, contact us and we can help you take the first step in the right direction.
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