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Businesses understand that a foreign expansion means overcoming a variety of challenges in order to reach a new market that was previously unavailable. But few businesses really get to grips with the need to make their products understood by all those millions of potential customers.

If you need some guidance here, check out the local versions of the McDonald’s website. ... View More

There is a growing demand for technical translation services for documents that have specific terminology that needs translating. Fortunately to meet these needs there are many providers of technical translation services mushrooming throughout the world. It’s not necessary to just source a technical translation expert from one country but they can be found in many different places. It ... View More

There are a number of things you can do before sending your document to a document translation services provider. The better your preparation the easier it will be for the translator to complete a good translation.

1. Check through your document carefully to ensure it is correctly punctuated and that there are no spelling mistakes or areas of ambiguity which the translator ... View More

Subtitle translation is an important aspect of professional translation. Some translators specialize in subtitle translation and may do little else. Subtitles are needed whenever a TV presentation, a video, film or, increasingly, these days, marketing material is distributed world-wide.

As with much translated material these days, some companies try and make short cuts to keep the cost of ... View More

When it comes to translating an important legal document like a birth certificate there is nothing better than hiring an experienced NAATI translator to do the job. If the legal document is to be used as proof of date and place of birth for an immigration department it is vital it is translated correctly and using the right legal ... View More

There are great advantages to business in these days of globalisation and intense global trading. A business that normally relies on local markets to sell products can extend its selling potential further afield and becoming an international company.

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Many people in the translation industry today can tell you how easy it was, even up to just a few years ago, to enter a translation career and make a steady income from the profession. All one had to do was be competent in two languages, build up some successful experience and the ... View More

There are many translation services in Australia that do audio translations. This basically involves subtitling and voice-over services. This translation process is becoming more and more popular as localization of webpage content and other marketing material to be effective needs to be translated into the most commonly used languages.

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The number of apps just keeps growing, both free and paid. These apps are international. Everyone wants to use them, but they do have to know how to use them. That means the instructions have to be translated by a proficient professional translation service. It’s not just a matter of straight translation, either. Apps should be localised. That means adapting the language to suit the people who are using the ... View More

A prominent medical journal recently outlined a worrying aspect of informal translation and interpreting that probably goes on all the time in many hospitals today, especially those that serve multicultural and, more importantly, multilingual communities.

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