The Language Blog

Published On - April 21, 2021

Alicja Brady Website LocalisationTags: localisation, Website, website translation

Website Localisation: The Ultimate Guide

Connecting with a global audience means your website must be both appealing and understandable to that audience. Invariably this means that the content you publish online must cater to multiple regional audiences to be successful. This process is called Website Localisation and we explain it here. ...

Published On - February 17, 2021

Alicja Brady Machine TranslationTags: Machine Translation, MT, NMT

Machine Translation: The Ultimate Guide

Machine translation, sometimes referred to as MT, is the part of computational linguistics that uses software to translate text or speech from one language to another. Its in a constant state of change and can be confusing, full of jargon and people trying to sell you their solution. To help we’ve...

Published On - January 19, 2021

Gemma Brackenbury Machine TranslationTags: Machine Translation, MT, NMT

How to Use Machine Translation

Lots of resources are being put into the development of machine translation and it is becoming more popular in the workflow of producing translation. To help you to navigate this work here are our top 5 tips on how to use machine translation (MT). ...

Published On - January 19, 2021

Alicja Brady Translation, Translation ServicesTags: Amazon, DeepL, Machine Translation, MT, NMT

5 Different Machine Translation Platforms, Reviewed

There are more machine translation platforms than ever available for businesses that want to manage their own localisation projects. But which is the right for your business? And can any of them replace a professional Language Services Provider? We review 5 machine translation platforms to help you ...

Published On - November 26, 2020

Surinder Singh Labelling

Post-Brexit Food and Non-Food Labelling

For food products produced in GB and sold in the EU or NI, 1st January 2021 is a hard deadline for labelling changes, products already on the market before that date can continue to circulate with the old labelling. For food products produced in GB or imported from the EU to be sold in GB, the trans...

Published On - November 25, 2020

Richard Brooks Inside Track, Machine TranslationTags: 1950s, Google translate, Machine Translation

A Brief History of Machine Translation Technlogy

Machine translation has come a long way since the ‘50s, but it still has a very long way to go before it can match the linguistic subtlety that the human brain can deliver....

Published On - October 21, 2020

Linda Ward Language BlogTags: Food, Halloween, spooky

Halloween Foods From Around the World

I love food. Here are my favourite foods from around the world at Halloween. #spooky...

Published On - October 16, 2020

Alicja Brady Machine TranslationTags: Machine Translation, MT, NMT

What is Machine Translation?

Machine Translation (MT) is a process where computer software translates text from one language to another without human involvement. It works with large amounts of source and target languages that are compared and matched against each other statistically by a machine translation engine. ...

Published On - August 17, 2020

K International Social Media, Website Localisation

The Multilingual Web

More than one million new internet users are added each day. Many of them speak English as a second language or not at all. As a result, we're rapidly moving from an "English-first" internet to a more diverse multilingual web. This will create new challenges and new opportunities for businesses of a...

Published On - July 7, 2020

Alicja Brady Government, K International

ESPO 402_20 Language Services Framework

K International is awarded a place on the ESPO 402_20 Language Services Framework Helping you talk with the world K International has announced that it has been successful in securing a place on the public sector ESPO 402_20 framework for language services. If you are a public body, you are able to ...