Big Brands and Fake Cancer Cures
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- Nov 15, 2017
Trailing Spouse Survival Guide
So, your husband or wife received a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity which requires a move to a foreign land and you are now the...
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- Aug 15, 2017
Tricky Challenges Every Translator Faces
We all know being a translator is a demanding job – one that requires understanding not only a language, but the people who speak it,...
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- Apr 28, 2017
Choosing a Translation Vendor for your Market Research Surveys
Let’s say you have a forty page, 300-question survey, written in Portuguese by a colleague in your Lisbon office. It needs to be...
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- Mar 20, 2017
Translation for Advertising: Bring in Your Crazy Aunt
In a world teeming with different language and cultures, what does it take to reach the international consumer? What is the role of...
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- Apr 25, 2016
Global Marketing. It’s a Cultural Thing.
Gone are the days when doing business globally took months. Although the world may be getting figuratively smaller in the information...
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- Mar 14, 2016
How to understand an accent – or be understood if you have one
A person’s accent is based on the cadence and pronunciation of their native language (and the region in which that’s spoken). Your...
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- Oct 26, 2015
Culture’s impact on patient health – and what to do about it
There are a lot of challenges in the doctor-patient relationship. One that’s becoming increasingly noticeable as society gets more...
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- Sep 28, 2015
The problem with “easy” languages
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of online articles and lists of “the easiest languages to learn.” Some of these lists have even made...
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- Jul 6, 2015
Fun facts about how humans make animal sounds
If you follow aiaTranslations on Facebook, you may have noticed the adorable illustrations of animal sounds in different languages that...
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- Jun 29, 2015
Five common multilingual website mistakes
Recently, The Korea Times exposed a scandal of sorts, reporting that the English-language version of the Ministry of Food and Drug...
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- Apr 27, 2015
Is there a transcreator in the house?
When I first heard the word “transcreation”, I was surprised. Did we really need this portmanteau? Shouldn’t all translation be not just...
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- Feb 16, 2015
Etymologists’ unlikely friend
I’ve often written about how, when it comes to translation, nothing beats a professional, qualified human being. There may be some...
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- Nov 10, 2014
A cow falling over but not dying: Some unexpected translation & localization challenges
Translation and localization – that is, adapting text not only to a new language, but to the culture attached to it – aren’t easy. That’s...
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- Aug 18, 2014
Too afraid to get treatment?
At first, a doctor might believe I’m just an average patient. But the minute a needle comes out, all bets are off. A boyfriend of mine...
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- Jul 21, 2014
Documents We’ve Lost
It’s amazing how many written documents exist, both in concrete and virtual form. And just as amazing is the fact that these aren’t all...
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- Jul 14, 2014
Survey says: You can’t always trust statistics
Nine out of ten journalists say that statistics are an important part of their research and reporting. Okay, I made that up, but it...
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- Jun 23, 2014
Translation and Localization
So, you’ve built your company’s website. The images look great. The text is professional, convincing, and perfectly polished. All is...
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- May 12, 2014
Translating the Past
With their minute attention to detail, nowadays it seems like watching a historically-set movie or TV show is about as close as you can...
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- May 8, 2014
Translation Tips: Do We Need to Translate This?
This ongoing series will provide succinct guidance to buyers of translation services. Identifying What Actually Needs Translation This...
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