I’m sorry to mention this. I don’t mean to sound overly critical. But the problem with most translation blogs I’ve read is that they’re boring. I can barely stand to read them. And I’m in the translation business for goodness sake! The ‘Offside’ Rule In the past 24 hours I’ve watched at least 20 YouTube videos in […]
The “biggest translation mistake ever” may not be what you think. Professional translation services routinely implement quality assurance protocols in their processes so that actual mistranslations are rare. Even when a client reports discovery of a “mistake’ in a translation deliverable it’s usually not a case of an actual error. More often it’s a case of a translator selecting […]
Having just completed preparation of multiple new quotes for Articulate Storyline E-Learning translation projects, we thought it might be interesting to outline the method for calculating translation pricing. For anyone not familiar with the e-learning application ‘Articulate Storyline’, the software is a popular e-learning authoring toolset used by more than 48,000 organizations (according to the company’s website […]
When speaking of Spanish ‘video translation’, what does it really mean? To make spoken audio from a video understood by a Spanish speaking audience there are primarily three options. They are: 1) Dubbing: Dubbing is the process of recording voices over the originals. Voices can be added in Spanish. 2) Subtitling: Subtitling is Spanish text displayed at […]
Here’s our checklist of some criteria for selecting a professional translation services company. The list includes some basic (but important) items. While the list might not be exhaustively comprehensive (individual clients might have additional things they look for) it’s hopefully a step up from “I really like the color of the company’s website.” (click to download printable […]
