If you’re lucky enough to be born into a bilingual family and speak both languages fluently, or you lived in another country and have an aptitude for languages, you could consider a career in translation. Through their agility with words, translators play a crucial role…
Technology helps our lives become better, right? Computer programs are created to automate some of the routine steps that are done manually. Translation technology is meant to make translators’ workload lighter, more efficient and faster and bring about many benefits. But is that really the case?…
What is history’s earliest recorded translation? Which book or website is the most translated in the world? What translations have had the greatest impact on society? If you’ve ever gazed out the window and pondered such questions about translation, join the club! And look no further, because…
catastrophic translation mistakesTranslation can save lives. Any medical interpreter, including our President and founder Sean Hopwood, is keenly aware of this. With such gravity comes a darker reality, as well: translation mistakes can cost lives. And in some cases, catastrophic translation mistakes have caused unimaginable damage to…
Translators work on a variety of printed documents that fall under specific categories. These include general, legal, literary, business, medical and technical translations. Each category involves quite a long list of document types, ranging from simple translation of messages and notes, to wills and trusts,…
If you’ve managed to break into an international market, you already have a lot to be proud of. But now you’re facing some new dilemmas. Mainly, language barriers that require business translators on staff to smooth any miscommunication. But how do you maintain effective communication…
Have you ever posed the question of whether women make better translators than men? The gender issue often comes into play in many careers, maybe even all careers. You don’t see many women scientists, or mathematicians, just as there are fewer male preschool teachers and…
The art of translation is tricky. It’s not just about changing words from one language to another, but creating efficient communication, as well as multicultural understanding. Sure enough, it’s challenging in today’s translation marketplace, a demanding and highly competitive one. For translators to stay the course,…
It requires a bit of imagination to unlock the beauty and power of translation and interpretation. And to summon a high respect for interpreters and translators whose profession honors accuracy and, at times, transcreation. Few people may think about how translation affects everyday life. But…
When a translator has to contend with translating medical documents, he or she must translate special collocations, idiomatic expressions, connotation, register, style, structure, terminology and syntax in his/her quest for an accurate translation. For the purposes of this article, I’m going to delve into the particular…
How does a passion for languages affect translation services? The American Translators Association (ATA) has 522 registered members while PROZ.com has 59,179 in its database, which consists of language services companies worldwide. It is to be assumed that this is not the total picture though….
There are still so many people who don’t understand what a translator or interpreter does. It is a sad fact that not many people know the vital role translators and interpreters play in life and society. They are important to education, arts, publishing, international trade,…
