Translating words in their literal sense takes a lot of time and effort, yet translating passages with a specific culture in mind is a different story. Those training to become translators and even experienced translators face the challenge of translating words and phrases that are heavily grounded in one culture, verbal or otherwise.

With the nation growing more diverse every year, the need for translation services continues to grow as well, particularly in the medical field. Hospitals and health care providers are now being required to provide foreign language interpreters, since a growing amount of research shows that communication has a direct effect on patient safety.

Breaking into a new foreign market is not an easy task especially without acquiring a professional technical translation service. Audience demographics and content purpose are important when translating content. Most of the time, companies only concern themselves with their target language – the language into which they are going to have their materials translated. More […]

A recent article from the Guardian states that the United States has the second largest population of Spanish speaking people in the world, second only to Mexico. Spanish is growing in use on the web, as well; both Facebook and Twitter stated that Spanish is the second largest language used globally after English. Companies selling […]

If you’ve been on the Web for any length of time, you’ve probably seen at least one example demonstrating the unintentional silliness that results when a translation goes wrong. The mistakes people make when they’re trying to translate something into a language with which they are not familiar seems to be a popular source of […]

A universal translation machine, or a device that can instantly translate languages into other languages, remains something that’s only possible in the realm of science fiction books and films. However, that does not mean that humans are giving up hope for a machine solution. Apps for online translations have been introduced to provide instant translations, […]