If you are in charge of getting your business documents and website translated, you may not realize the importance of having a good glossary. Glossaries should be built over time in each language that you translate your business requirements into. They are particularly important if you have a large in-house translation section or outsource your […]
The Need for Interpreting in the Health Sector Accurate interpreting services are important in many spheres of human activity, but perhaps none more so than in the health sector. Without precise and empathetic communication between health professionals and their patients, the consequences can be dire. Patients need to express their feelings and describe their symptoms […]
However serious you are as a student, there are many good reasons for learning German. Some of these are listed below and are explored in more detail later in this article. ● Learning German allows you to study at a fees free German university. ● Learning German allows you to get more out of a […]
Germany is an economic powerhouse today and its position in relation to overseas trade and business is unlikely to diminish in the near future, although the rise of China and other South East Asian economies, as well as those of Brazil, is going to make the German economy face more competition to which it must […]
The two most common visa types in Australia are the tourist visa and the student visa. By far the greater number of certain visa applications are processed without any problems but an Australian tourist visa is rejected or an Australian student visa is rejected. Usually, there are very good reasons why there might be an […]
Often, when people start to learn a new language like German they are keen to know what common German insults and words there are in that new language. Many of these German insults and expressions are made up of compound words. They are not always easy to get right because just a single letter could change the […]
In English, there are a number of terms that people believe are interchangeable just because they appear similar. Two of these are quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA). Quality assurance vs quality control doesn’t have the same meaning when it comes to the translation industry. Quality Assurance Translation quality assurance, referred to as QA, tries […]
As German has developed into its own unique language, it’s now far more difficult to guess what German words mean in English. This is because the German language has built up a fascination for devising compound words that are hard to translate easily and there is no literal English translation. Of course, any serious German […]
Top Trends in the Translation Industry for 2018 More and more people are taking up e-learning as a way of saving time and being flexible about how and when they learn. Because of the increased demand for e-learning courses in a multitude of languages, translating e-learning courses into many different languages is becoming very popular. […]
There are a Number of Different Translation Techniques in use in Translation: Borrowing Borrowing occurs in a translation when an identical word or expression that is in the source text is used in the target text. Calque If a translator makes use of a calque, s/he is using or creating a neologism in the targeted language […]
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