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There are eight approaches that can be used when translating websites which are described below.

Machine translations can be tempting, because they are a quick and cost-effective choice.  Small businesses and even local governments are using this method to reduce translation costs. However, the main drawback is doubtful accuracy. 

Machine translations shouldn’t be used on websites that provide key information, like health information, ... View More

The translation is crucial to enabling the understanding of ideas from another culture, so it is important that cultural considerations are integrated when a text is going through the translation process. It is important to realize that language and culture are interlinked and translating culture is as important as translating text. Culture includes various things, such as syntax, literacy, art, language, dialect, ideology, and religion.
A Canadian business that intends to target North American customers ... View More

Your employer or college lecturer might have told you that you must proofread your work before submitting it. It is quite possible that you have considered the following question – “do I really need to proofread my work?” A simple answer to that is writing and View More

A multilingual chatbot is a software application that enables multilingual online chat conversations to take place through the use of text or text-to-speech instead of communicating with a human. Multi-lingual live chat is now a necessary part of most online stores with a worldwide customer base. A multilingual chatbot offers an effective communication solution in the language chosen by the person who wants to chat.

To enable the fulfilling of this requirement for online ... View More

Medical translations fall into a field where accuracy and preciseness are extremely important because the language in this discipline is usually technical, specific, and often of great importance to a patient’s health outcomes. 

The translating of medical terminology becomes more complex as new diseases emerge and new therapies are discovered. Each time there is a global epidemic there is a greater need for multilingual translations too. Not all translators are able to ... View More

A translated healthcare website is the best medium to help patients with low levels of literacy in the language of the country they have migrated to if they wish to access healthcare information. It gives them the opportunity to grasp the most relevant information that they ... View More

If your business needs an interpreter, a necessary step for any internationally orientated business, you will need to select the interpreting service carefully. Most interpreters are specialised, so basically you need to be sure what you want the interpreter to do for you to avoid wasting the interpreter’s time and your time ... View More

When marketing a product through a website videos are often used to describe the product and how it works. If you wish to attract audiences from many different countries subtitling is a good option as it uses far less tools than voice-overs. 

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