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GDPR Compliance- 6 Questions to Ask Your Translation Partner

Published On - May 24, 2018

GDPR Compliance- 6 Questions to Ask Your Translation Partner

The clock is ticking. On May 25th, the GDPR goes into effect. Want to stay in compliance? Of course, you do – those fines are no laughing matter! Even if you think you’re prepared, there’s one aspect you might have overlooked: translation! It’s not enough that your organisati...

Published On - May 18, 2018

K International Interpreting, Language Blog

7 Intriguing Facts About Interpreters At Weddings

Around the world, everyone is talking about the royal wedding happening this weekend. (Even the people who are talking about how much they don’t care about the royal wedding are still talking about it, right?) It’s quite the international event, and people will watching in many different...

Published On - May 10, 2018

Richard Brooks Accessibility Services, Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: British Sign Language, Sign Language

A Guide to the Different Types of Sign Language Around the World

One of the most common misconceptions about sign language is that it’s the same wherever you go. That’s not the case. In fact, there are somewhere between 138 and 300 different types of sign language used throughout the world today. New sign languages frequently evolve amongst groups of ...

Video Game Localisation 5 Reasons It's Still Necessary

Published On - May 4, 2018

Gemma Brackenbury Game and App, Language BlogTags: video games

Video Game Localisation: 5 Reasons It’s Still Necessary

Game localisation is the process of translating and adapting a video game to reach new markets. In a multilingual world where almost everyone knows a little bit of English and Google Translate is omnipresent, is video game localisation still necessary? In a word, yes. And here are five reasons why...

Accessible Documents What Your Organisation Needs to Know

Published On - May 2, 2018

Alicja Brady Accessibility Services, Language Blog

Accessible Documents: What Your Organisation Needs to Know

If you’re trying to reach a diverse audience, keep in mind that it’s not only foreign language speakers who might need some help understanding. A number of different communication strategies have been developed over the years to help make information of all types accessible to as many ...

Published On - April 27, 2018

K International Language Blog

5 Mysteries Linguistic Analysis Helped Solve

To a trained ear, the language you use is much more revealing than you might think. Like the Sherlock Holmes of the language world, a linguistic analyst looks for clues in both written and spoken language. By paying careful attention to aspects of language like word choice, word order, grammar an...

Published On - April 23, 2018

Linda Ward Accessibility Services, Language BlogTags: Braille

A Brief History of Braille

If you want or need to make your content accessible to everyone in your audience, language alone may not be enough. Braille documents allow the visually impaired and blind to access vital information independently. But where did these raised dots come from? Today, let’s take a look at th...

Published On - April 20, 2018

K International Chinese, Language BlogTags: Chinese, Chinese Translation, Mandarin

10 Facts About the Chinese Language

Every year, on the 20th of April, the United Nations celebrate World Chinese Language Day. According to the UN, the purpose of this observance is “to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization.&#8...

Document Translation Tips 6 More Ways To Simplify the Process

Published On - April 16, 2018

Surinder Singh Document Translation, Language Blog, Translation

Document Translation Tips: 6 More Ways To Simplify the Process

When you send your documents off for translation, you’d prefer to get them back quickly and without breaking your budget. To that end, some time back we published a post with our top 5 tips for document translation. Here are six more document translation tips to simplify the process. Whil...

Why Transcreation is Important for International Businesses

Published On - April 12, 2018

Richard Brooks Language Blog, TranscreationTags: Business, Transcreation

Why Transcreation is Important for International Businesses

Want to optimize your marketing and advertising to reach a global audience? Sometimes, translation just isn’t enough. Transcreation is the process of recreating content for a new target audience, changing elements of the material and messaging as needed to keep the same overall emotional ...