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This article describes the different aspects of audiovisual translation in the game industry. In less than four decades the video game industry has become a multibillion dollar worldwide phenomenon. As game technology has evolved, allowing for the inclusion of cinematic scenes in games, dubbing and subtitling practices have become incorporated into game design and […]
“Proz is dead.” I bet you’ve heard that one before. This is what people say in 2015. This is what they’ve said in 2010. And I bet that this is what they will be saying in 2020. Many translators have somewhat of a love-hate relationship with Proz. With hate probably playing the key role. […]
Breaking up isn’t hard when your “partner” is a cheapskate I received an e-mail last week from a long-standing and once quite important agency client. It began brightly. The company was undergoing a process of change with a view to growing and becoming a world leader in translation. http://www.sjbtranslations.com
Technical sciences such as translation and translation studies or traductology are nurtured by and co-exist with terminology. Nowadays, there is a lot of specialized literature that considers terminology as an indisputable subject. Nobody even flinches anymore when they hear technicalities in medicine, jurisdiction or other fields of similar importance and honour in today’s world. […]
Mucho me han preguntado qué razones hay para contratar a un Traductor Profesional si ellos mismos (las personas que preguntan) hablan, leen y escriben en inglés y pueden traducir un texto. O que ellos conocen a alguien que sabe inglés y puede hacer el trabajo gratis, total es un colega de la empresa, o es […]
In the first post of the series Financial Glossaries and Resources, I collected glossaries and resources in English. In this second post, I would like to share resources in other languages (Italian, German, French, Spanish), as well as multilingual glossaries and advanced search tips. Make sure to check all PARTS… http://www.francescaairaghi.it
It takes a lot of effort to write a technical document as it has to be factual and needs the right citation and references. It is mandatory that you double check the documents and proofread them. Even when your content is translated, it is important to hire a native speaker and make them go through […]
Free guide to help professional translators begin and maintain a blog. There are many good reasons for professional translators to begin and maintain a blog. The reasons for translators to blog can be tactical, strategic, or promotional, among numerous other things.
If you are a freelance translator, putting yourself in a position to do high quality work on an ongoing basis requires that you approach the job from an effective commercial standpoint. While the question “What rates should I charge?” is one that ultimately only you can answer, as a professional in the industry… http://wiki.proz.com […]
Towards the end of September I blogged about my ideal purchase order and asked readers for your opinion. I was worried that the form might ask clients to fill in too much information. And most of your comments reinforced that view. You agreed that many would baulk at the idea of providing so many details, … […]
If MoGi Group had a dollar, euro, pound, ruble, peso, rand, rupee, krona, yen or bitcoin for every time somebody asked us ‘What’s the key to awesome localization?’ we’d have, well, a huge pile of coins that we wouldn’t really know what to do with. http://blog.mogi-translations.com
Learn software, creative, and business skills to achieve your personal and professional goals. Interesting course for localizers, testers, Localization Project Managers: “Localization for Developers” (Dennis Meyer) http://www.lynda.com
(…) The presentation will give a very brief overview over the localization process for software and mobile apps before covering the quality assurance process in detail. Read the PDF: http://www.cfbtranslations.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Berger_Localization-QA.pdf CFB Scientific Translations LLC
There are two main things I want to do on this page: first, I want to say a few things to people considering entering the translation profession. Mostly I want to clear up some misconceptions, but there are also some things I just plain think everyone who’s contemplating or practicing translation needs to hear. […]
This is part one of a two-part post written by Thaís Castanheira, a Gengo Senior Translator in the English to Brazilian Portuguese language pair. When people ask what I do for a living, I usually tell them I’m a translator. The fun part is when they ask what kind of translation and I get to say “I localize […]
Comics enjoy a prominent space in the translation world. In Italy as well as in other countries the majority of comics titles are translations (see e.g. Rota 2003, Kaindl 1999). However, research on comics translation is not as well represented. As a result of a quite extensive bibliographic research I was able to find only … […]
Découvrez 5 trucs faciles à appliquer pour faciliter le processus de traduction pour vous et votre traducteur! Toute entreprise gagne à entretenir de bonnes relations avec ses fournisseurs, pour les aider à améliorer leurs activités, mais aussi pour améliorer les siennes. Une fois que vous avez trouvé, évalué et approuvé votre partenaire de traduction, … […]
Although corpora are now widely used in putting together ELT Dictionaries, and increasingly used in writing ELT materials, it is still rare, I think, for corpora, and especially for concordances to be used much in the ELT classroom. Firstly, I think many teachers are not quite sure what they are. http://elt-resourceful.com
This article will discuss a few of the common schemes targeting both buyers / end clients and translators / language services providers, including how they work and how to avoid becoming a victim. While the examples discuss the scams as they apply to the translation profession, the underlying principles apply to other sectors and endeavors […]
© The Financial Times Limited 2015. A message goes out regularly from the Financial Times picture desk: is there a Finnish or Greek or some-other-language speaker in the building? The aim is to check a photograph the FT plans to run: do protesters’ banners or background graffiti… http://www.ft.com
Tout d’abord, c’est quoi un CRM ? En anglais CRM signifie « Customer Relationship Management ». Il s’agit d’un logiciel qui vous permet de gérer vos contacts, projets, devis, factures, et autres informations liées à votre activité professionnelle. J’ai adopté un CRM en 2009 après des années de galère avec Outlook. Et j’ai tout de […]
Language translation essentially involves the process of translating text or words from one language into another. With the integration of global business operations and web conferences, certified translation services are becoming an inevitable part of any business model. http://www.lackuna.com
Article sur l’importance de faire appel à des traducteurs professionnels. Quelques chiffres intéressants sont également indiqués à la fin de l’article (basés sur le “Rapport de l’enquête sur les conditions de travail et tarifs des langagiers en 2012”). http://affaires.lapresse.ca
There’s a lot of myths about translation and translators. Sometimes they seem to contradict each other. In this post I’m going to debunk some of these myths. 1 Anyone who speaks two languages can be a translator Translation is a skill. That means that you’ve got to spend some time on deliberate practice before […]
Translators have become faster due to technology. Still, productivity can be further increased if the following tips and tools for translators are used. Useful tools for translators Once upon a time translators had to use pen, paper and hard copy dictionaries in order to do their tasks thus a short translation was taking quite […]
People are confused regarding the requirement of certified translation. The necessity of Certified & notarized translation needs awareness. There are many things that differentiate a certified translation from a non-certified one. http://gointerpreters.com
