Is Learning Another Language Good for You?
The short answer is yes! The study of foreign languages is extremely beneficial for everyone. Sure, there are the obvious benefits of connectivity and preservation of language, but there’s more. Learning another language is linked to cognitive acceleration and...
TrueLanguage: In Good Business Company
What inspires business growth in a city like Atlanta, Georgia? Three things: vision, passion, and energy. These are exactly what Uli Dendy, CEO/President of TrueLanguage has. She has served on the Atlanta Business Growth Team for several years. This dedicated group of...
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 world, a...
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 majority of...
To Expand, or Not to Expand – Can You Risk “Staying Home”?
Running your own business is stressful. Planning and budgeting for a business is stressful, too. Marketing and developing your business? Stressful. No matter how small or large your business is, keeping it running profitably seems like more than enough for anyone to...
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 just get a...
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...
What Happens When a Language Vanishes
“One night, I was helping my mom cook dinner when she asked me to chop up some tỏi. I had no idea what that was, and I didn't want to ask because it'd be embarrassing. So, I grabbed an onion from the pantry. “Wrong. So wrong,” writes freelance journalist Mai Nguyen in...
Why Should I Care About Proper Translation?
At no other time have individuals and businesses shared more information and knowledge on such a global scale. Consequently, the importance of properly translating your message has grown equally in importance. This is where proper translation - using only highly...
12 Tips to Writing for Translation
Writing for translation begins with creating a quality source document. While the standard rules for well-written English apply, there are guidelines to follow in writing source content for translation that make the overall process easier. Here are TrueLanguage’s 12...
