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How to Quickly Expand your Business with International Customers [Translate to English & from English]

Updated September 2020, to reflect the new world order. International customers can be the right step forward for many business owners, especially in such dark times. This move usually requires to translate to English & from English your online content, official documents, and more, so we’ll analyze how a good translation can be a boost…

Is Social Distancing Increasing Divorce Rates?

The COVID-19 pandemic managed to stop the world from its daily routine and agitation and forced many of us to face problems we would rather not see. First, it shined a light on crippled health systems (in most countries, not just the UK or the US), ineffective leadership, and unrealistic economic predictions. In many ways,…

A Pandemic Survival Kit For Translators [During & After]

Let’s be real for a minute – the COVID-19 pandemic will have deep implications even after we manage to contain it. Some industries will have to completely reinvent their way of doing business (tourism is a great example) while others need to make various changes and adapt. We’re not going to be the same and…

Business as Usual - We’re Here for You

We are living scary times and everyone’s main concern right now is staying safe and healthy. However, we need to keep hope and continue living our lives while practising social distancing to the best of our abilities. We’re OK Working From Home Our translation agency was already functioning on a remote work basis, especially since…

The Pros & Cons of Being a Self-Employed Professional Translator [Update March 2020]

Given the current worldwide situation, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are forced to change their lifestyle and adapt to a work from home situation. As such, we decided to share our experience and highlight that work from home is possible for most of us. With the development of communication technologies, more and more…

Celebrating Women & Their Fight for Equality Through Writing

Ever since we learned to read and write, the pen proved to be mightier than the sword. Writing is the weapon of choice in many social and political movements, and it’s the way to make sure future generations will continue to support your fight. Since we are about to celebrate the International Women’s Day, we…

The Connection Between Food, Language & Culture

If a well-trained chef and an experienced traveller would sit in a local restaurant, in an unknown location, they would only need a quick glance at the menu to know the country and even the specific region where they are. How is this possible? By following the language of food! Each culture has its own…

Movie Translation - Between VoiceOver & Subtitles

In today’s day and age, you’d have to be living under a rock or in an isolated tribe to not know what a movie is. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a soul in this world that doesn’t know about Hollywood, Bollywood, the Oscars, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and other movie-related things. After all, movies are the…

Meaning & Context – The Two Pillars of Quality Translation

Have you ever wondered which language is the wordiest? I’m 98% sure you didn’t since this is not a common concern for people who are not linguists or somehow connected to studying or dissecting a language. But the work of a translator is all about words, context, and meaning. In fact, there is no way…

Would a Universal Translator Solve All of Our Communication Problems?

The dream of a device that can help people instantly understand other languages is not something new. I had my first encounter with this idea as a kid watching Star Trek on TV. If you’re not old enough to have watched it, or you’ve forgotten the plot, the show features the adventures of a space…