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...
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...
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...
Translations are an integral part of any global business. Most companies are not large enough to support an internal translation and localization department. Whether it be for technical documents or in-house memos, the best bet for most businesses is to partner with a...
In today’s economy, businesses in every industry are expanding globally to better compete. Expanding in this manner enlarges the market base, which in turn enlarges revenues and profits. But successful expansion to another region, where the language, culture and...
