If you give a text to someone you know to translate, it may take longer than you expect. Writing from scratch without having the necessary background and tools can be time-consuming. And you may risk a friendship when they request compensation for their inordinate effort. Or you could simply hand it to a professional translator […]
To achieve a really good translation you need a dedicated professional translation. But humans sometimes make mistakes: typos, slip in the wrong word, punctuation or simply have a key stuck on the keyboard caused by a crumb from a hurried lunch. This may also happen after hours of monotonous work when the attention gets dulled. […]
While technology contributes to the global communication, the need of users from multiple cultures and nations to fully understand documentation accompanying a piece of the said technology also grows. We are talking about manuals, user guides, data sheets, patents and other technical documentation produced by technical writers. ¹ Technical translators make texts with technical jargon […]
What else do we know about China rather than it’s a birthplace of goods “made in China”? It has the largest population in the world. One out of every five people on the planet lives in China.1 It is also a country with the biggest number of people owning mobile devices.2 According to the Distimo […]
Having decided to convert mobile applications or websites to other languages developers usually wonder: what are the best target languages? It is important if they wish to spend every penny wisely because if the language is popular, they will get the highest number of downloads. Let’s shed the light on this vital topic. Languages converting […]
A great deal of mobile applications (58%1) is created for preschoolers. The New York Times even named an iPhone as a “toddler’s favorite toy”². Apps for kids are intended to entertain them, develop their reading, writing, hearing, visual and motor skills, improve their reaction, attention and memory. While babies and toddlers see only bright images, […]
App localization is one of the cases where money is spent wisely. App developers get 25 dollars profit out of every dollar invested in localization.1 Of course, you can economize on translation but in exchange get low return on it afterwards and poor feedback from customers. Or you can invest in professional localization done by […]
Congratulations! You have your own multimedia product. It is beautiful, flawless and just perfect to you. Everyone should fling oneself on it and tear to ribbons. But it’s quiet… Why is that? Because yet so few people know about its existence! Let’s discuss the 3 ways to socialize your product to a larger community. Translate […]
Inviting translators who you worked with in the past and who met your requirements has not been an easy task –until now. Now you can enjoy the benefits of a new feature that will make your life easier: using the same translators for all of your new projects. When you created a new project, you […]
Software developers and suppliers, trying to meet customers’ needs and expectations and attract more visitors, go into twists and turns, but all they need is to make their websites or applications multilingual. Considering the fact that the Internet users speak and read different languages, this will show your respect to other cultures, and foreigners will […]