Translation of what is thought of as “marketing material” is no longer restricted to mere product sheets and websites. Almost all quality content can be strategically purposed to support some phase of the marketing process. Inbound marketing, and closely related content marketing, are disciplines that have come about as alternatives to traditional push oriented marketing methods. Traditional marketing […]
Modern translation services entail translating categories of publications that didn’t always exist. Ebooks (or e-books) are one such type of text based publications that have come into existence in recent years. Ebooks are defined as “an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this […]
Sometimes we receive inquiries about videos in a language other than English (e.g., French, Italian, or just about any language). A written English translation of the video is what’s requested. In cases like these there are two steps in the process of arriving at a written English translation. Translators by definition work with written text. Before […]
In a professional translator’s ideal world, we can reasonably surmise they might sometimes dream about: 1) A world where translation clients and professional translators collaborate to a greater extent in the process of producing translation deliverables that meet clients’ expectations and needs. While translation clients aren’t translators, they can often provide translators with a glossary of preferred terminology, or […]
Translation of text contained in an electronic document file is a standard service performed by most language services providers. Text for translation is most often contained in one of several common formats including MS Word, PDF, JPEG, Powerpoint, Excel, and others. File formats with editable text are perhaps best suited for translation since existing text […]
International business means dealing with many non-English languages, in our experience ten languages in particular. The primary international business languages include, in addition to English in no special order: French German Russian Italian Chinese Japanese Spanish Portuguese Korean Arabic The vast majority of commercial translation work involves these languages, going from English into these languages, or from […]
