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How to Translate Your WordPress Website

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Trusted Translations, Inc.

Trusted Translations and WPML are partnering up to offer localization of your global web content through an invisible translation pipeline. WordPress is the most popular open-source Content Management System (CMS), with nearly 60% market share and around 75 million websites using its platform, with an equally vast community of contributors demonstrating the power of open-source […]

Unfaithful Journalism

Posted on January 18, 2019 by juanpablop

A while ago we talked about the functionality and faithfulness of translations. We said that, although we must keep a certain faithfulness to our source text, it is often necessary to adapt the target text so that it achieves the desired effect towards the readers. This time, we are going to talk about how journalistic […]

Tagged with: faithful journalism professional Translation

Should You Really Skimp On Quality?

Posted on January 11, 2019 by juanpablop

Functionality, usability, time, cost and professionalism are some of the most mentioned words when debating the quality of translations. But the real question is: should you really skimp on it? If we needed to undergo a highly complex surgery, we would look for the best professional who is within our reach. We may have more […]

Tagged with: Editing professional quality Translation usability

Gamer Translator

Posted on January 4, 2019 by juanpablop

It may not be obvious, but video game localization has become a key factor in developing and commercializing games. Not only do they have an increasing complexity in the amount of content, but we must also take into account the large number of mobile games that are launched into the market non-stop. Translators who are […]

Tagged with: dubbing Localization subtitling video games

Are We Able To Communicate Without Emojis?

Posted on December 28, 2018 by juanpablop

A while ago, I thought I’d write a letter to a friend. A traditional letter, written by hand. As soon as I finished the second sentence, I felt the immediate need to use an emoji: I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to convey that I was being ironic without one of those yellow faces. […]

Tagged with: communication emoji emotions feelings gestures

Subtitling and Character Restriction

Posted on December 21, 2018 by juanpablop

Subtitling is the closest approximation to translation by people who are not part of this industry. While it is a subjective issue, most people prefer subtitles before dubbing: the original audio is kept and it is less invasive. In short, almost everyone knows its general characteristics. But not everyone knows that subtitling has many more […]

Tagged with: dubbing Localization subtitling voice-over

A Language to Die For

Posted on December 14, 2018 by juanpablop

Today, some hidden places still exist where tribes and communities are totally isolated from the outside world. There is very little that is known about them, as far as how their society is organized, their traditions, beliefs, diet, and of course, their languages. Within this group of almost unknown communities there is an extreme case: […]

Tagged with: communities culture isolation Localization native

Human Resources’ Supporting Role

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Brenda LW

It goes without saying that any company when growing in size needs to put more emphasis in organizing its Human Resources functions. It may even include developing its own department as part of their road map. This is no different for a language provider. The question is what the role of HR specifically entails when […]

Tagged with: human resources project management sales support vendor management

Machine Translation: When to Use It

Posted on November 30, 2018 by juanpablop

As we have already mentioned in a previous post, using an automatic translator is not recommended in certain scenarios. Now we will see what situations are appropriate for using an engine like Google or Microsoft to perform a translation. First, we ought to talk about productivity. Post-editing is faster than translating. It is estimated that […]

Tagged with: automated translation machine translation post-editing usability

SOS: URGENT TRANSLATION

Posted on November 23, 2018 by juanpablop

There are certain situations in which, due to some unforeseen event, carelessness or any life surprise a text must be translated urgently. This usually happens when a document must be sent to the printers and part of it was forgotten, for preparing a presentation in another country during a flash business trip, or for a […]

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