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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

Translation has become increasingly important today as people move around the world far more than they did in the past. With this movement comes the need to understand the languages of the countries visited. With 600 languages being spoken frequently there is little chance that anyone traveling to countries overseas, whether for business or tourism, is likely to be able to learn all the languages they encounter. This means in order to facilitate ... View More

Just a few decades ago an artificial language was invented, called Esperanto. It was considered to be the first constructed language, created by a Polish man, Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof, who was trying to create a language that would make it easier to communicate in an international context. At the same time it would be easier to learn than many other languages. On a mass scale the use of Esperanto hasn’t spread as far and wide ... View More

Translation services are one industry that due to a surge in interest have grown rapidly. This means there is competition between these businesses for clients so translations are far cheaper than if there was no competition at all. There is a greater emphasis today by businesses to move into international markets. Hand in hand with this is maintaining good communication between the client and the translation provider. Countries use their own languages to communicate about ... View More

There are many things a person needs to know before sending a document to a legal translator. One of the most important is that the legal translator is experienced with translating the sort of legal documents you wish to be translated. For example, a legal document translation that’s required for immigration to another country, such as birth and marriage certificates, aren’t always straightforward translations as every detail on the document needs translating including text embedded ... View More

Unless you are bilingual or multilingual yourself, it is hard to know whether the translations you receive from a professional translator are of the quality you want. What is a good translation? Basically, a high quality translation is something that has been translated so well that the person or people who read it do not know that it is a translation and at the same time it conveys the message you want to get across ... View More

Proofreading and editing skills are essential parts of producing a reliable written text, whether it happens to be a college dissertation, a promotional email to potential customers or an article ready for publishing for a magazine. It’s absolutely vital that effective proofreading has taken place first. A skilled proofreader can make a living as it’s so important that any written text shared with others is readable and free of mistakes whether its grammar, word usage ... View More

The definition of a dead language is one that is no longer being used by a community of speakers. It’s used perhaps in an academic context or amongst individuals like the use in the Vatican City of Latin. A dead language is basically more active than an extinct language, which no one speaks at all in any context.

If a dead languages list was complete it could amount ... View More

In order to learn another language quickly, you do have to spend many hours reading and practising what you have learnt. There is no hard and fast way to fluency but there are some methods you can use in order to use the fastest way to learn a language. Gabriel Wyner, an opera singer become fluent in 4 languages which are German, Italian, Russian and French in just a few short years. These are some ... View More

Website translation and localization using web translation services are the methods used to change a website so that it suits the language and culture of the targeted audience. Not everyone speaks English and in fact 33 percent of those that are regular users of the internet don’t speak English at all. It might or not, be a surprise to you that if an internet user engages with a website in his ... View More