As the Immigration Advisory Service is no longer in existence (after it went into administration last week) it leaves a question mark over many people’s heads as to what is going to happen to the thousands of people who relied heavily on the services that the charity provided. The Immigration Advisory Service was a charity […]
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Manchester City has made an embarrassing error of judgement in choosing the name for their new stadium. The club have recently built a new stadium in Manchester and have called it the Etihad Stadium. However, once the news was announced about the new name it did not take long for messages to swamp social networking […]
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The author Kamila Shamsie brings up an interesting point in her recent article for The Guardian. If an author writes a novel and if this novel is then translated into another language can the author still reasonably see the work as their own? Shamsie’s investigation arises from her own experience of a ‘misinterpretation’ of one […]
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The WordPress Multilingual Plugin has now included an XLIFF interface into its programming which is set to help the way in which the WordPress website translates into other languages and it is hoped to reduce the translation time for the WordPress websites by around 50% XLIFF stands for XML Localisation on Interchangeable File Format. It […]
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Many multi-national companies are learning the hard way that when it comes down to competing for international business in foreign territory, then it is very important to make sure that the website translation is spot on. Over the years there have been numerous embarrassing blunders made by both UK and foreign companies and when it […]
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Translation mistakes can really have a negative effect on your business and brand and you might end up losing customers if you do not invest enough time and money on the right translator for your business.
Here are ten translation mistakes that have proved costly for companies and organisations across the world:
1) German doctors did not […]
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Kwintessential, has continued its expansion by opening a new office close to Croydon town centre. The new premises in South End were officially opened by the Mayor of Croydon, Councillor Graham Bass on Thursday, June 2.
The company started life in Purley in 2003 and was run single-handledly by the now managing director, Neil Payne.
As the […]
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A Lady from Australia (Kristen Perry) has been ordered to remove her car license plate by the local authorities as it has an alternative translation into a rude word in the Filipino language. Her license plate reads “Kiki” which is her nickname that links in with her Greek heritage but the Filipino translation is something […]
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If you are in need of a boost to your translation sales then you might want to take a look at a new guide that has come from The Common Sense Advisory entitled “How to Drive Translation Sales”.
This guide offers a manual on how translation companies can help to guide their sales teams back to […]
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