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Why Stories Are a Better Way to Learn a Language
onAugust 14, 2018
If you want to know how to learn a language on your own, research has revealed that learning through stories is the best way to learn a language. Reading a story can
be a fun form of entertainment but when it’s used as one of the language learning resources it’s combining fun with learning through storytelling.
No one really likes the dullness of a textbook or even listening to a teacher droning on so there’s no ...
View MoreBoth Writing and Revising are All Important for a Professional Translation
onMay 11, 2016
Professional translators are always in demand, especially when all of a sudden someone who does not speak the language of a seller or buyer turns up wanting to engage in business. A professional document translation may be needed in just about any field from the education industry to legal processes for a business. Once the translator has completed the ...
Advantages of Having a Translation Tool on your Blog or Website
onDecember 3, 2015
You might be surprised to know exactly how widespread the Internet is these days with almost 2.5 billion having access to the World Wide Web. People often think that the only language used on the internet is English but this is not true as English is only spoken by around 540 million. This ...
Quality Translation Needs Time – A Case Study of an International Product Recall
onMarch 23, 2015
Situation
A company has been told to issue a recall on a soft toy marketed to children because the material the product is made from is not fire resistant and a child had died while holding the soft toy at a family barbecue when a spark from the fire ignited the toy and quickly spread to the child’s clothing delivering ...
View MoreHow to Solve some Business Language Problems with MT
onOctober 21, 2014
Machine translation (MT) may not be the complete answer to solving business language problems, but used in conjunction with an effective and resourceful translation service it can help to make all those business translation tasks run faster and more smoothly. If your business involves a lot of overseas contact and you find that you get bogged down communicating because of language barriers, then a combination of MT and human centred translation ...
View MoreWhy we should all learn a second language
onOctober 12, 2014
Most people would agree that being able to speak a second or third language is a valuable asset. For many people in the world, this is something that is acquired quite naturally. Visit any of the Scandinavian countries for instance and you will find that most native speakers of Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian also speak at least English and probably German as well.
Double the Number of Website Users by Using a Website Translation
onJune 16, 2014
One of the most crucial features of a website which aims to satisfy, inform or attract an international audience is to provide an opportunity for those browsers or users of the website to read important information in their own language. There are many free website translation services on the Internet which do provide a way to translate text from English into other languages, but often ...
