How Culture Influences Technical Translation
Earlier this year, my colleague, Ahmed Kamal, blogged about a translation mistake that went undiscovered for thirty years and ultimately cost a country hundreds of millions of dollars in [...]
Earlier this year, my colleague, Ahmed Kamal, blogged about a translation mistake that went undiscovered for thirty years and ultimately cost a country hundreds of millions of dollars in [...]
In Part 1 of this Blog Series, Video is King: Engaging Diverse Audiences, we took a look at the primary options for video translation: subtitles (same and different language), closed captions, [...]
In this Blog Series, we’re exploring the many aspects of assessing translation quality. So far, we’ve Discussed the importance of assessing translation quality (Part 1); Learned how to measure [...]
Most of us have used Google Translate or a similar, free language translation web tool or app to look up a word or phrase. But what happens when Google Translate is used as the primary means of [...]
Transcreation is a language industry buzz word that may sound a little intimidating. But really, it’s a pretty simple concept. Transcreation is Translation + Creativity. What do we mean by [...]
In this Blog Series, we’re exploring the many aspects of assessing translation quality. So far, we’ve discussed the importance of assessing translation quality (Part 1), learned how to measure [...]
In the first part of this two-part series, we discussed the importance of accuracy to achieve quality translations, including the use of subject matter experts and involving the right translators [...]
Translation Quality Assessment: Quality that Fits (Beyond the Words) In this Blog Series, we’re exploring the many aspects of assessing translation quality. So far, we’ve discussed the [...]
Thirty years ago, someone made a translation mistake. Since then, Kuwait has been incorrectly implementing items into its construction projects … all due to an error in translating [...]
Translation Quality Assessment: From Subjectivity to Objectivity So far in our Blog Series exploring the why, what and how of assessing translation quality, we’ve discussed the importance of [...]
This Blog Series explores the why, what and how of assessing translation quality. In Part 1, we discussed the importance of assessing translation quality. In Part 2, Translation Quality [...]
In Part 1 of this Blog Series, Translation Quality Assessment: The Why, What and How, we discussed the importance of assessing translation quality. In Part 2, Translation Quality Assessment: [...]