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5 Reasons Your Business Might Need Professional Translation Services (Part 2)
Welcome back to the second half of our two-part article on why businesses often need professional translation services. Last time we talked about the importance of a localized website and how sometimes your investors might be from another country. Today, we’ll pick up with business partners! 3) Acquiring a Foreign Business Partner Business partners come…
Read More5 Reasons Your Business Might Need Professional Translation Services (Part 1)
When a company is founded, the last thing on the minds of the founders is the possible need for professional translation services in their future. Everything in those first few months, even years, is about getting established and proving the business plan. Then everything swirls around the need to build an increasingly broad customer base…
Read MoreTranslation Services Hold The Keys To Spreading Your Ideas
Many people think that since we are living in a world where we hear English words spoken on a daily basis that translation services should not be necessary. English is one of the top spoken languages in the entire world. If you also calculate the number of people who use English as their second language,…
Read MoreSing Me a Translation, O Muse
Homer’s Odyssey is the story of warrior Odysseus’s ten-year voyage to return home to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War. It was written almost 3,000 years ago in ancient Greek and has been translated throughout the ages. Obviously there are no Homeric Greek speakers for 21st century translators to consult, meaning the task of bringing this…
Read MoreBenefits of Legal Translation Services
The legal industry is an extremely important and valuable one in this country. Regardless of whether it is related to a civil or criminal case, making sure that all parties are able to communicate is extremely important. Unfortunately, the legal process and laws are incredibly complex and can be difficult for someone outside of the…
Read MoreGetting Your Message Across with Advertising Translation Services
When you work in advertising, you understand the importance of public opinion and how easily it can be swayed in one direction or the other. Something which seems minor to you might have a major effect on the public which can get easily turned on or off. This is what makes it necessary to have…
Read MoreHow Linguistic Research Can Save Your Rebranding Strategy
Rebranding can be critical to a company’s survival. Many company’s understand the audience is changing, competition is more fierce, and going global is a must. So, your company is going through a rebranding process in preparation to launch your company’s services or products to the worldwide market. You’ve spent countless hours and dollars to pick…
Read MoreWebsite Translation Services in an Increasingly Global World
English is still used more prominently than other languages on the Internet. However, this has been changing for a long time. When it comes to the top ten million websites online, their language use is more varied than people would expect. The English language usage for these websites is around 51.6 percent, and it is…
Read MoreAll Rise to the Challenges of Legal Translation
Lawyers are notorious for the way they take normal words and give them confusing meanings. For instance, in order to have a valid contract, there has to be consideration. A regular English-speaker reading that might think to themselves, “what a good idea to require that anyone entering into a deal consider what he or she is…
Read MoreA Mistranslated Word Can Change History
During the occupation of Germany after World War II, Germans who lived in Communist-controlled Eastern Zone fled to the West in large numbers. On August 13, 1961, the Soviet-controlled East German government began building a wall in the capital city of Berlin to prevent people from escaping. The division of Germany’s capital city shocked the…
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