by Julia Tuff | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Mastery of Global English May Boost UK Business’ Overseas Revenue in a post-Brexit era English is probably still regarded as the main business language in the Western world. However, how well are native English speakers really being understood by other... by Julia Tuff | Nov 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
TRANSLATION TERMINOLOGY EXPLAINED If you are not a part of the translation sector, you may not be familiar with some of the terms that are used. Here we try to demystify some of them with pithy explanations. Terms used by Language Service Providers... by Julia Tuff | Nov 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Medical translation It’s easy to feel like the world of medicine has a language all of its own. All that jargon! This is precisely why it is so critical to use a specialist medical translator. Afterall, this is one area where you definitely cannot risk any... by Julia Tuff | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Languages are vanishing around the world at an alarming rate; every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker,according to UNESCO. Between 1950 and 2010, 230 languages went extinct and, today, a third of the world’s languages are spoken by fewer than 1000... by Julia Tuff | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
令和 Reiwa: what’s behind the name of Japan’s new era and what does the term really mean? The recent abdication of Japan’s emperor, Akihito, made history in more ways than one. Of note, he is the first Japanese emperor to step down in over 200 years. The accession of... by Julia Tuff | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Laughing matter: how to translate jokes Heard the one about the translator who walked into a bar? OK, maybe not, but how you’d translate the joke into another language would depend on the punchline. Does it play on words or offer a sly nod to a cultural reference... by Julia Tuff | Apr 10, 2019 | Translation Services, Uncategorized
What do interpreters do that translators don’t?Basically, translators write and interpreters speak. Interpreters work by listening to information being spoken in one language and then relaying the message into the language of the listener. They either do this... by Julia Tuff | Mar 21, 2019 | Sociolinguistics
I MAP OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES Mapa_Lenguas_del_Mundo.png under GFDL created by es:Usuario:Industrius using Image:BlankMap-World.png made by User:Vardion, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2107256 The Earth is home to a huge and... by Julia Tuff | Mar 1, 2019 | Translation Services
Using computers to translate between languages is nothing new. The first public demonstration of a machine translation system took place in 1954. The IBM technology was, understandably, very basic, translating between just 250 words of Russian and English. However, it... 
by Julia Tuff | Jan 28, 2019 | Translation Services
Instead of performing a word-for-word translation, website localisation focuses on the specific country’s conventions, cultural differences and even the right website design to suit the target market’s preferences. Simply put, this strategy has the capacity to boost...