Translation’s Gender Issues
Ah, to be a translator, living in two worlds simultaneously – two tongues, two thought processes, two cultures, two ways of seeing the...
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- Dec 19, 2016
Why You Should Provide Training for Your Employees: Cross-Cultural Training
Last month we discussed the importance of employee language training. Besides improving employee talent, the benefits also include...
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- Nov 28, 2016
Why You Should Provide Language Training for Your Employees (Two Part Series)
For exponential business growth In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, knowing the languages involved affords companies more...
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- Nov 21, 2016
Poor Quality Translation Costs More In the End
“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” When it comes to translation there is no...
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- Oct 31, 2016
Is Technology Helping Us Overcome Language Barriers?
Remember the days when machine translations were confined to fictional characters such as Star Wars’ C3PO, a droid fluent in over 6...
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- Oct 28, 2016
Stop Translating in your Head: The Key to Learning a Foreign Language
The road to foreign language fluency is never short and not particularly easy. There is just so much to learn— verb conjugations,...
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- Sep 30, 2016
Increase Your Language Learning by Listening to the Radio
Have you ever wanted to continue your foreign language classes when you are not attending class? Why not turn on the radio? Listening to...
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- Sep 29, 2016
How Different Languages Affect our Decision Making and Morals
When we speak in a language other than our native tongue is our moral compass askew? And, if people do have different moraIs when they...
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- Aug 31, 2016
Global Branding Initiatives: How to Avoid Translation-induced Headaches
You know what it takes to create the right brand for your company —the countless hours spent determining your positioning and defining...
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- Jun 29, 2016
Prescriptions can be Hazardous to your Health
An anemic patient is unable to recover because he isn’t taking the prescribed amount of the supplement given to him by his doctor because...
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- Jun 6, 2016
Untranslatable expressions of love that we can all understand
If there’s ever a good reason to learn languages – or at least to look at lists of vocabulary words, this is it: You never know what you...
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- May 30, 2016
Personality traits of a great translator
There are many translators out there. Some aren’t even human! Of course, that variety doesn’t mean that every translator works the same...
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- May 23, 2016
Improving your global brand management
So how can a brand successfully go global? Here’s some advice from business experts: Make sure you have what it takes. According to this...
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- May 16, 2016
Do you have what it takes to be a simultaneous interpreter?
Simultaneous interpreting is what it sounds like: An interpreter listens to a speaker in one language and translates their words into...
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- May 9, 2016
Going International? Avoid these Six Marketing Obstacles
So you have a great marketing plan in place. It is catchy, thoughtful, and helping customers flock to your business. It is so good, in...
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- May 2, 2016
Weird but true: Your environment can change your native language
Today, in the middle of a conversation, I forgot the word “organic”. Funny thing is, I could say it effortlessly in my second language,...
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- Apr 18, 2016
I tested the Skype Translator and love was in the air…but I’m not sure why
So when I found out Skype was trying to make communication even easier, with Skype Translator, I was pretty excited. And when...
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- Apr 11, 2016
Using Idioms in Everyday Speech. Knock Your Socks off!
It was an idiomatic kind of day. You may be wondering how I knew. Well, on this particular day, I knew almost immediately when my boss...
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- Apr 4, 2016
The Role of Translation in Clinical Trials
When we think about outsourcing, it’s usually tied to businesses and call centers. But did you know that an increasing number of...
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- Mar 28, 2016
How to World Views the U.S. Presidential Race and “The Donald”
The current U.S. presidential race has introduced us to many different personalities, caused great divides and fueled a lot of debates....
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