Blog - Translation

These days there are a host of translation options available to those smart enough to use them. Here, however, we look at some translation mistakes when good translation was sadly underused, with often disastrous results.

If you need a voice-over agency to create multiple soundtracks in different languages, there are a few issues to consider to allow the voice-over agency to deliver an effective audio translation.

Translating and subtitling films, whether they’re a big Hollywood blockbuster or a homemade how-to video on YouTube, can make a huge impact on their reach. One new move in translation is to turn the job over to the crowd, allowing a video’s translation to be crowdsourced. However, the results might not be ideal.

As the audio translation industry becomes more technologically advanced, we find ourselves wondering about the future of translation and language services, and the increasing part machines are playing. Let’s look at the latest technological advancements that have been made in the industry.

Scandinavian writers have been fuelling an increasing demand for translated works across the UK, as books by authors from outside Britain get snapped up.

Whilst we’re always trying to translate film and video word for word, sometimes we just get a little stuck trying to find the perfect equivalent. Dictionaries and translation guides provide us with the core of language, but even these might not be enough for the modern translator.

Britain’s education system is not producing enough foreign language speakers to meet an increasing demand from business, The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said this summer.

With approximately one million words, the English language has arguably one of the biggest vocabularies in the world, but there are some crucial phenomena which are yet to be identified. Here’s a quick look at five of the best foreign words the English language lacks.