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Should you be learning Mandarin Chinese?
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The Chinese language is becoming increasingly important in the global arena after the English Language. However, many are worried that whether this craze is just another blip. Modern language history has showed that the trend ...
Non-Latin Web Addresses Kick Off a New Chapter in Internet History
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The internet changed forever when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave the green light for non-Latin character to be registered as web addresses. This is very significant compared to when it ...
Medical Translations
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
Medical translations are a specialist translation that caters for the healthcare industry. Many countries have strict regulations to ensure that any medical equipment or drug descriptions are translated into the national language before they are ...
Vietnamese Fishermen Face Language Barrier from BP Oil Spill Aid
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The BP Oil Spill now threatens the Vietnamese Fishermen livelihood who not only have to battle for Oil Spill Aid, but also the language barrier between themselves and BP.
BP is now racing to contain ...
Patent Translation Services
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The current economy model rewards individuals who are inventive. When a new creation has been invented, it is paramount to get it registered with the national patent office. Once the registration is completed, the registrant ...
Financial Translations
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The world we live in never goes by a day without money changing hands. As the result of this demand for money, it has created an industry that caters solely on trading money. Financial Translations ...
Automotive Translation
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
Why do you need Automotive Translation?
Automotive translation involves a lot of technical jargon. It is important that the automotive translation is accurate because it needs to convey important safety information to the vehicle’s users. ...
Proofreading Tips & Tricks - Do It Like The Pros!
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
All of us write a big essay or report at some point in our lives. Yet there will be mistakes in our work even if we are brilliant writers with a perfect command of our ...
Why Iceland Volcano Eyjafjallajökull is a Mouthful to Pronounce
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The volcanic eruption in Iceland has resulted in all flights being grounded in Western Europe airspace, and London. The air transport hub is getting the worse of it. Since it is such a big deal, ...
Technical Translations
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
With the world becoming increasingly advanced, each industry is also becoming very specialised. When high technical or engineering companies want to enter into new foreign markets, they will require translation services to transform their product ...
Telephone Interpreting
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
It is common to hire a professional interpreter to translate conversations between two parties who do not know each other’s language. However, when there is a geographical restriction between the parties, e.g. one side in ...
Urgent Translation
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
Urgent translation is a service that provides you with a quick turnaround translation. Although it is not recommended for clients to seek urgent translations frequently, it is unavoidable in the real world where some situations ...
Language Tuition Approaches
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
Language tuition is a way which one learns the skill of communicating in another language. Language courses usually focus on teaching the student four aspects and that is speaking, listening, reading and writing. Without either ...
Website Localization – Lost in Translation?
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
The website localization process of translating and making your website accessible to a specific target language audience is what we commonly refer to as website localization. When performing Website Localization, it is not a straight ...
Sworn and Certified Translations
By Steve Greenwood · 13 years ago
There are generally two types of Certified Translation practices in different countries. First, the countries that require the translator to sign under oath certifying the document is accurate. The second are the countries that require ...