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As we now see all the pretty lights and tinsels being taken down from trees and houses, we finally come to realise that the festive season is over for good. While it’s getting colder every day, the good old days when we just wore our pyjamas all day long, drank hot chocolate and watched ‘Home […]

We, translators, like to consider ourselves an easy going bunch. Each of us coming from a different background, country and experiences found that translating is perhaps the only job we see ourselves doing and actually enjoying. Although majority of us feels like giving up at least once a day, are sleep deprived and pretty much […]

As translators, each and every one of us loves the fact that we are able to work from the comfort of our own home, pretty much everyday. We all have that special corner where the ‘magic’ happens. Although we don’t think about it much, can you imagine (remember) what the life of a translator looked […]

  We all know it – machine translations will never be able to replace human translators or professional translation agencies. They are however, even in 2018, extremely generous when it comes to giving us reasons to giggle. Sure, Google is a truly fantastic tool when it comes to communicating with friends or family, but for […]

We all know that poking a lion with a stick isn’t the best of ideas. Similarly, saying certain things to a professional translator can also be extremely dangerous and can result in serious trauma, injuries or even being cursed in an unfamiliar language.  In order to protect you from those types of unpleasant situations, here are 5 […]

The machine translation industry is advancing at a quick rate, yet such innovations never fail to fall short of criticism. The idea of having effective translations are proving to be an attractive prospect to some. But for a translator like myself, this idea isn’t as favourable. There is no doubt that machine translation technologies have […]

There are going to be people who will look at the title of this post and question what is it that I love about working as a translator. I can just hear the usual “isn’t your job repetitive?”, “do you ever leave your house?” or “do you have a social life?” Yes, well, I do […]

The process of converting written communication from one language to another whilst maintaining the original message in the source file is commonly referred to as translation. Translation agencies are in demand today due to increased globalization.  The need for officially certified translation services is higher than ever before. Growth in cross cultural communication aided by […]

For years, the English language was sufficient enough to get you around in the world of business. Today however, it is estimated that half of the world’s population is bilingual pushing language trends in business in a new direction. These trends are very much determined by shifts in society, because a language which is in […]

Does establishing the languages of the future implies simply listing the world’s most spoken languages? The answer would be yes and no. Having a first-hand experience working for a translation agency in London, I would say yes, for the reason that a language which is widely spoken suggests that it is valuable in many aspects such […]