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Medical translation and interpreting is a specialised profession in which there cannot be any leeway or complacency when it comes to accuracy. A mistranslated or misinterpreted word or phrase can literally cause someone’s death. Modern healthcare today is more or less totally reliant on translation and interpreting services. Here are some of the more important reasons why this is so.

Multicultural populations need effective healthcare translation and interpreting ... View More

Many people think that interpreting and translation are one and the same things. This is quite simply a misunderstanding, as language interpreting is concerned with listening to speakers in the source language and interpreting what they say into the targeted language. In contrast, the language translation is more about direct translation from a written source language found in legal documents, books, reports, scientific and medical reports and literary works into a targeted language. In addition, ... View More

In today’s world scientists are spread across all countries and nationalities. They work in universities, for governments and for businesses. They are no longer found just in western countries. When an important scientific discovery is made, the scientist wants to spread his or her knowledge as far as possible and into as many languages as there are translators available. In addition, there are other people who want to know about scientific discoveries that are likely ... View More

If you come to live permanently in a country, like Australia, and you have the visa to do so, you will be asked for some of your key legal documents which help to prove your identity before you are finally accepted for entry into the country. One of these is likely to be your marriage certificate.

If you were married outside your new country and that country does not share ... View More

Today, there are numerous businesses which are simply born into the global market as soon as they open their doors. This is in part due to the incredible reach offered by the internet and digital technology. There are around 3.5 billion daily internet users globally and it is growing all the time so there is no better time than now to go offshore with your business.

The estimates for the value of global ... View More

For all types of businesses, marketing to the global market is not taken lightly as it requires thought, time and investment. Taking time to research and understand the global market is vital before involving shareholders and other interested parties in expanding overseas.

One of the keys to success is gaining a thorough understanding of the targeted markets, including the potential role of any competitors and what is required in each of the targeted countries to ... View More

Not every business is large but there are smaller businesses that want to make an international presence so they can become known internationally. Start-ups can set aside localisation as part of their marketing budget and strategy just as much as larger corporations who have larger cash allocations for such marketing projects.

90% of purchasers conduct online product research before buying anything and this is especially true of those in the B2B area and software technology. If ... View More

Most businesses, when they begin to enter overseas markets, will need to get their website, promotional material and business documents translated into the targeted languages. The first thing a business may do is look around for an online translation tool some of which are free to do all their translations. No one would recommend this as a translation solution because it will deny the business a head start in the overseas marketing process for its ... View More

Mobile apps are becoming more and more in demand, so anyone who has developed a mobile app will want to attract as much interest in it as possible. To gain the most your app will need to be customized so that it will attract a great number of different users. This means going offshore and developing the app in a range of languages. This is typically called mobile app. localizing and is a way of ... View More

Legal documents are complex as they are made up of often complicated text which uses a language that is unique to that particular genre. To make it even more difficult for translators, legal language isn’t normally the same in different countries. This creates difficulties for legal document translators to provide accurate translations.  One thing anyone who needs to have a legal document translated should remember is that it takes more time to produce an authentic ... View More