English – still the language of the Internet?

For many years, English has been considered by many to be the primary language of the World Wide Web.  In an

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Translation Expansion/Contraction: How it Impacts Design

At Kwintessential we work with a lot of design houses;  both digital and print. One area we have to constantly coach our clients on is how language expands and contracts when undergoing a translation. So for example, 1,000 characters in English could end up as 850 when translated into one language and 1,400 in another. […]

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Translation Expansion/Contraction: How it Impacts Design

At Kwintessential we work with a lot of design houses;  both digital and print. One area we have to constantly coach our clients on is how language expands and contracts when undergoing a translation. So for example, 1,000 characters in English could end up as 850 when translated into one language and 1,400 in another. […]

Preparation for Website Globalization

Preparing to go global with your website is a big commitment and will take a lot of time, resources, clear goals and detailed planning in order for the globalization to be a success and to minimise the risk of errors occurring. Why so much commitment and planning? Website production has matured very quickly over the […]

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Execs don’t get the need for Website Translations

According to the world’s biggest provider of language and translation services (TransPerfect) there is a large disparity between the importance that consumers and companies place on the translation of retail websites. It seems that customers who shop online attribute a lot of weight to the website that they are using having the correct translation, whereas […]

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Language Crucial for Global Online Business

At the last estimate it was thought that there are around five hundred and thirty seven million users who make use of the internet in the English language, on top of this around 445 million people use the web in the Chinese language. These are the two main languages that the public use in order […]

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Translation and the Millennial Generation

The web is navigated in English by 537 million users who choose to use the English language as the primary way in which they conduct their business on the internet. 445 million users do the majority of their transactions over the internet in Chinese. However on top of these two main languages that are used, […]

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Firms Ignore Website Translations

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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Google Searches by Language

A futuristic looking search tool has been unveiled by online search engine Google. Google developers have designed the search tool to show how online searches are determined by the language that has been used by the user.
The results have been colour coded to show what is the most popular language used to search the internet […]

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Ebay in China

There is no doubt about the huge current business potential in China and up until recently Ebay have had to concede to the fact that they were just not getting their fair market share of the business that was out there is China.
Ebay have a bad history with business in China as back in 2003 […]

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