As Language Shifts: Will English Remain on Top?

As Language Shifts: Will English Remain on Top?

The English language owes its centuries of global dominance to the fact that it is the principal spoken language, if not always the official one, of some of the world’s most powerful nations—namely the US and the UK. English is a major lingua franca for the...
As Language Shifts: Will English Remain on Top?

The Benefits of Global Translation

While English is a strong influence across areas like politics, finance, trade and commerce, and entertainment, it’s no longer the world’s most widely spoken language. Chinese, Arabic, French and Spanish share the stage with English as languages that the...
Machine Translation: Is It Useful?

Machine Translation: Is It Useful?

It’s amazing to watch a machine translation tool such as Google Translate create a sentence in an instant. It’s funny when the translation is nonsense. But bad MT (machine translation) can never be amusing when translation counts. So, is the solution to...
Why is Language Translation Important?

Why is Language Translation Important?

In a world where English is everywhere, is translation still important? Is it necessary?  Yes! People still want to hear, do business and read in their native language.  Language Translation requires sensitivity to culture and localization, which is the process of...