by Julia Tuff | Jul 16, 2018 | Professionalism
What are the most common translation slip-ups and how can they be avoided? We’ve all seen the amusingly translated menu description that puts you off ordering a particularly gruesome-sounding dish, or the shop sign confusing customers such as the following... 
by Julia Tuff | Jul 15, 2018 | Translation Industry Trends
What does ‘patent’ mean? The term ‘patent’ stems from a Latin term, patere meaning to ‘lay open’. An inventor of a new product, service or method of production is ‘laying open’their invention in their patent to ensure that other... by Julia Tuff | Jun 7, 2018 | The Microbiome
The microbiome and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can be really tough conditions to live with at times. They cause an inflamed gut and symptoms include severe pain,... by Julia Tuff | Sep 18, 2017 | Professionalism
We are attending a linguistic industry training event this week. From Thursday to Monday the office will be operating with a skeleton staff as the team is heading to York for an industry conference. IJET York is the 26th specialist Japanese translator and interpreter... 
by Julia Tuff | Sep 18, 2017 | Ebola, Infectious diseases, Translation Services
As life-science specialists we are exposed to a lot of suffering in the documents that we translate. Fatalities are often mentioned in journal reports on chemotherapy treatment, severe adverse reactions to antibiotics in the young and old and also upsetting details...