2022-05-15 10:33
One of the most common questions that people in the translation are asked is: will Google Translate replace professional translators? The funny thing about this question is that it has been… Read More
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2022-05-08 13:18
Italian is the language of love, passion, music and culture. In addition to good food, art and fashion, the Italian language is one of the elements that characterize life in Italy and connec… Read More
2022-05-01 14:46
by Daral Leon One of the most challenging but lucrative frontiers in marketing for businesses in the USA is reaching out to the Spanish-speaking audience. The large Hispanic population in th… Read More
2022-04-25 07:48
In 2018 President Donald Trump shocked the world when he said that the USA should prefer not to take in immigrants from Shithole countries like Haiti and El Salvador. Trump said that he pref… Read More
2022-04-25 07:48
In 2018 President Donald Trump shocked the world when he said that the USA should prefer not to take in immigrants from Shithole countries like Haiti and El Salvador. Trump said that he pref… Read More
2022-04-24 05:47
Creating videos in multiple languages is one of the most underestimated opportunities when producing video content. It helps broaden your video’s reach, and allows your entire audience… Read More
2022-04-10 08:47
In the Pyrenees, the rules are simple. If you are on the south side of the mountain range, then you are in Spain. And if in the north, then in France. But in the Val d’Aran region ever… Read More
2022-04-05 13:43
One of the most widely spoken languages in the world, Spanish originated from a mixture of Latin and local dialects of the peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around the 5th century. Here are 1… Read More
2022-03-31 12:10
by Martha Oschwald One of the biggest gripes among translators is being taken for walking encyclopedias. As ridiculous as it sounds, it’s one of the top misconceptions about the job. U… Read More
2022-03-17 09:14
By Natalia Piskorovska Abstract: This article will cover the 7 most common multilingual SEO mistakes and show you the best practices that will help you to avoid them. An increase in globaliz… Read More
2022-03-10 05:23
As a recruiting manager for a clinical trial, you probably have experience with search engine and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. Your objective is to attract the highest numbers of potenti… Read More
2022-03-07 14:34
by Christopher Oldman, Digital Marketing Specialist Google processes about 99,000 searches per second (8.5 billion per day). While the dominant language is English, users search Google in lo… Read More
2022-03-06 16:58
The war in Ukraine has brought worldwide economic sanctions on Russia which have led to a shortage in Russian translation services. This in turn has led to rising prices in Ukrainian and Rus… Read More
2022-03-01 16:34
Many of our colleagues are impacted in Ukraine and Russia during what is a very difficult time. FIT Council would like to express its solidarity, support and deep concern for their lives and… Read More
2022-02-25 10:02
Russia’s invasion of its neighbor and ex-satellite Ukraine is the main focus in today’s news and has supplanted the COVID pandemic as the leading story of 2022 so far. The images… Read More
2022-02-22 14:02
Ukraine is currently at the center of world focus. Tensions are mounting as the Russian army has positioned nearly 200,000 troops around its borders with the Ukraine. As a result, stock mark… Read More
2022-02-19 21:17
As anyone who has visited Turkey in recent years knows, the cost of goods and services in that country is very low. One of the main reasons for this the low cost of labor in Turkey. The GBP… Read More
2022-02-08 10:51
The Olympic games always provide a lot of work for a select group of translation companies. This includes translation of: construction and engineering plans for building the sporting venues… Read More
2022-02-07 18:58
Spanish or Castilian? The official language of Spain is Spanish. Obviously. It was at the hands of the Spaniards that the use of Spanish spread throughout America. But many people refer to t… Read More
2022-02-04 09:37
In the largest one day value drop in the history of the stock market, shares of Facebook parent company META (stock symbol: FB) plunged yesterday over 26%. The tech-laden NASDAQ stock index… Read More
2022-02-02 11:25
by John Wright In 2022, 63.1% of online content is written in English. Considering that only around 25% of internet users speak English as their native language, it’s clear that there… Read More
2022-02-01 09:58
SEO is one of the key activities at GTS Translation. Because we live on the Internet. All of our clients find us on the Internet, mostly by searching Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo and similar sea… Read More
2022-01-26 12:37
Many languages around the world use familiar alphabets, such as Latin or Cyrillic, and not everyone who learns a new language becomes comfortable with the new alphabet. If you are fortunate… Read More
2022-01-24 12:58
Translating a website is usually a costly and time/resource-consuming activity. Costs can easily run into tens or even of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Yet most international companies e… Read More
2022-01-19 13:02
This post describes the rules mandated by the Spanish government regarding the provision of manuals in the Spanish language when marketing technology products in Spain and its outlying regio… Read More
2022-01-11 16:09
Ever since the Omicron variant of COVID-19 took the world by storm in December 2021, the demand for Antigen self-test kits has skyrocketed. Around the world, changes in government regulation… Read More
2022-01-10 14:16
If you work for a translation agency or you are a localization manager in a company, chances are that you receive a lot of job applications via email from freelance translators. You may be g… Read More
2022-01-04 18:25
Google is by far the leading search engine. Industry estimates give Google over 85% of the market share. In distant second place comes Bing, with about 7% of the market share. In a similar p… Read More
2021-12-21 15:05
COVID-19 has severely curtailed foreign travel. In the USA, the CDC is updating travel requirements on a daily basis and warning citizens to avoid travel in many of the world’s most tr… Read More
2021-12-20 06:22
Would Language Skills Benefit a Dentist? In today’s global labor market, there is a high level of competition. It’s a huge advantage to have a skill that makes you stand out from… Read More
2021-12-20 06:22
Can Language Services Benefit a Dental Practice? Dentistry is a competitive field. So it is a huge advantage to have a skill set that makes you stand out from the competition. Obviously, the… Read More
2021-12-19 17:37
Did you ever phone in to your bank or credit card company? Did you ever call the product support department at a huge tech company like Google or Microsoft? If you did, there is a good chanc… Read More
2021-12-04 21:48
by Luke Smith Fluency in a non-native language takes consistent effort. Whether you’re just beginning or you’ve achieved a good level of competency, you can only maintain this by… Read More
2021-11-21 11:52
Project management plays a fundamental role in the translation industry. The PM handles some critical behind-the-scenes tasks and orchestrates the management of the project itself. Their job… Read More
2021-11-16 15:53
By Tracy Enright Age is more than a number; it’s also a state of mind. It’s easy to look at older people who seem to have maintained a youthful outlook on life and wonder exactly… Read More
2021-10-24 14:17
Web designers and web translators are typically not thought of as fulfilling similar roles. After all, English has become something of a business and internet Lingua Franca, meaning web desi… Read More
2021-10-19 09:03
Do you need a designer? How can working with a designer provide additional value to your clients? Translators and PMs often encounter such situations when the translated text “does not… Read More
2021-10-13 20:00
by David Grunwald, GTS Translation I just tuned-in to a Q&A session on LinkedIn with Lionbridge CEO John Fennelly, which was hosted by Translation Industry guru Renato Beninatto of Nimdz… Read More
2021-10-11 07:34
French is the fifth most spoken language in the world according to a report of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). It is the third most used language of business, and i… Read More
2021-10-07 19:43
With the conclusion of the UK Brexit, the union of states of the European Union is comprised of 27 member states in which 24 different official languages are spoken. This makes translation a… Read More
2021-10-03 06:57
Europe represents the third largest e-business market globally. As the second largest economy in Europe, the United Kingdom Brexit has created chaos in commercial exchanges and in particular… Read More
2021-09-19 09:15
One of the questions that we often get here at GTS: are the translators that you are using subject-matter experts? And that’s a great question. Because translation is more than j… Read More
2021-09-05 09:47
What is the Official Language of the USA? Most of you are reading this question and are probably saying duh! The official language of the USA is English! English is also the lingua franca of… Read More
2021-08-20 12:40
Whether you’re a startup looking to leverage the fastest growing markets or you’re already a multinational company in the midst of expansion, there are several reasons you should… Read More
2021-08-15 15:06
The Four eyes principle is a requirement that two individuals approve some action before it can be taken. The Four eyes principle is sometimes called the two-man rule or the t… Read More
2021-08-11 16:07
Like online porn, dating websites were one of earliest drivers of the Internet. Even before social networks were introduced, people were using the net to find their soulmate. And like mail o… Read More
2021-08-09 14:29
As a translation company that does most of its business online, GTS Translation maintains a high level online profile. We have first page positions in hundreds of keywords, both short- and l… Read More
2021-08-02 11:05
By Stacy Shannon A language is more than just a set of words and grammatical rules. It is the marking of an entire culture (or subculture). According to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the langu… Read More
2021-07-25 13:08
Choosing a Language Service Provider (LSP) can be a daunting task. There are so many of them. According to some estimates, there are over 18,000 translation companies worldwide. Search Googl… Read More
2021-07-12 08:51
Portuguese is spoken by about 250 Million people worldwide. In the translation industry, most of the work we do is intended for either Brazil or Portugal. Portuguese is spoken in a number of… Read More
2021-07-05 09:45
When it comes to countries, bigger isn’t always better. Although Europe’s smallest countries are tiny enough to be overlooked, each of them has a fascinating history and many int… Read More
2021-06-27 11:01
COVID-19 is still here but travel restrictions are easing up and more people are planning a vacation away from home. Die Sommerferien stehen vor der Tür! – Holidays are just aroun… Read More
2021-06-27 11:01
COVID-19 is still here but travel restrictions are easing up and more people are planning a vacation away from home. Die Sommerferien stehen vor der Tür! – Holidays are just aroun… Read More
2021-06-22 07:40
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe which is comprised of five countries: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland. The combined population of these countries is about 27 million… Read More
2021-06-20 07:16
Yiddish is a Germanic dialect which is mainly spoken today by several hundred thousand Hasidic Jews in the USA and in Israel. It is a Germanic dialect which is written using the Hebrew alpha… Read More
2021-06-17 16:20
Increasing online sales in the German market. How do you do it? Germany is a country with a population of 80 million people, the largest GDP in the Eurozone, full of multi-nationals, SMEs an… Read More
2021-06-15 15:58
Psst. Looking for translation services? One option is to work with a Language Service Provider (LSP), also referred to as a translation agency. Another option is to work directly with a prof… Read More
2021-06-14 09:58
It seems that nowadays, every big tech company has its own machine translation (MT) system which it uses for both internal and external purposes. Here is a partial list of these deployments:… Read More
2021-06-13 14:38
What is a saying? This is the dictionary definition: a short, pithy expression that generally contains advice or wisdom. If a saying becomes famous it is for a reason. A few catchy words tha… Read More
2021-06-10 11:23
One of the problems that face translators is that some words have no equivalent in other languages. This can also pose a challenge to people who are non-native speakers of a languages, since… Read More
2021-06-08 09:17
COVID-19, or coronavirus, is a thing of the past. Or is it? While the numbers of new cases and deaths is thankfully declining, the threat of the deadly virus seems to be lingering in many pa… Read More
2021-06-08 03:36
If you manage corporate communications for an international company, you understand the benefit of maintaining a corporate blog: increased e-reputation, more traffic to your website, promoti… Read More
2021-06-06 07:59
Europe being the epitome of the diverse ancient background has twenty-four official languages, with Russian being the first, German second and French third. The classical list doesn’t… Read More
2021-06-02 13:52
German is a language with a long history and many interesting facets. Spoken as the official language in Germany, Austria, parts of Switzerland, and the miniscule state of Liechtenstei… Read More
2021-06-01 06:28
Thai is a fascinating language. It has a neat logic to the way some words are put together. A visitor to Thailand must keep in mind that not all Thais are fluent in English. The same as a pe… Read More
2021-05-31 12:50
At GTS we often get projects that require fast translation of texts into multiple languages. These projects can range from translation of Information for Use (IFU) for medical devices, instr… Read More
2021-05-25 07:27
Having turned in thousands of translation jobs, we are experienced with all kinds of source text. Sometimes it is clearly understood and simple to translate. Sometimes we get text-out-of-hel… Read More
2021-05-11 04:48
South Korea has now become a top country many people want to visit. It’s the land of the exciting K-Pop, K-dramas, world-famous kimchi, 12-step skincare routine, tech giants Samsung &n&hell…Read More
2021-05-06 09:32
A new Google application has been developed with the aim of preserving and teaching indigenous languages which are also endangered. This includes Maori, Creole, Yiddish, Yugambeh and others… Read More
2021-05-04 09:34
Digital nomads make the most of the interconnected modern world to make the entire world their office. Digital nomads typically work in fields such as computing or writing, where it’s… Read More
2021-04-26 09:29
Convertibles have been around for years. I myself never owned one, but I did rent one on a business trip to San Diego in 2016. And man was it fun! There was one hitch though: my new suit nea… Read More
2021-04-20 07:56
Are you interested in Korean culture? Are you involved in international diplomacy or trade? Are you a soldier or teacher traveling to Korea? Or are you, perhaps, a traveler planning a trip t… Read More
2021-04-05 13:50
Last week we received the following email from a potential customer. This is what he wrote: I hope that all is well. My name is Anthony and I lead our regulatory/compliance efforts at XYZ Pa… Read More
2021-03-25 08:01
עולם המשפטים הוא עולם מרתק אשר ח… Read More
2021-03-24 07:59
I just came across an interesting article about Straker Translations, a large and well-known translation company. And I was surprised to read that Straker is losing money. Having owned a sma… Read More
2021-03-17 11:00
I just got an email from a translation company that I never heard of, wishing me Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. Now I am not Irish, and otherwise may not have known that it’s Saint P… Read More
2021-03-03 16:53
In a move announced this week, online translation company One Hour Translation has rebranded into BLEND Localization. Here is the new BLEND website. As part of this move, the company also ra… Read More
2021-03-02 14:29
You know you want to learn another language, but of all the fascinating and beautiful languages in the world, which one do you pick? While it’s a challenge to learn any new language, s… Read More
2021-03-01 19:51
Spanish is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world and is the second most common language spoken in the United States after the English language. Among Americans, Spanish also… Read More
2021-01-28 13:25
This post is based on some emails I received from one of our translators. It shows just how scary the COVID-19 situation. I wanted to share this with our readers: I am now up in Bellingham… Read More
2021-01-21 13:08
Although Canada is the world’s second-largest country by area, it has a relatively small population of only thirty-six million residents and only a handful of cities with a total popul… Read More
2021-01-15 09:05
Even though you may be familiar with key marketing strategies, have absolute confidence in your product and are satisfied that your game plan works well in Europe, Australia or the USA; when… Read More
2021-01-11 09:39
The United States and Canada share the same continent and boast the longest border in the world. This border is undefended in a military sense, allowing Americans and Canadians to cross back… Read More
2021-01-06 13:14
The Challenges E-Commerce Companies Face When Exporting to China The digital age is transforming the way consumers around the world buy products. Online shopping through e-commerce platforms… Read More
2021-01-06 07:52
We are a professional translation company and not a lot of people and businesses know what we do! It is a fact, and, hopefully, we can change that today! So, what do we do as a translation c… Read More
2020-12-30 07:32
These are the five most common languages spoken globally. Although it is impossible to know the exact number of speakers, thanks to constant secondary foreign language studies and the ongoin… Read More
2020-12-28 18:03
Introduction Before we get into the top foreign languages in the USA, let’s review the top languages spoken worldwide. 5 Top Languages Spoken Globally These are the five most common la… Read More
2020-11-25 16:07
Ordering translation services can be a costly venture. And it is something that is often performed under pressure due to looming deadlines. So it is important that you avoid mistakes ... [Re… Read More
2020-11-25 16:07
Ordering translation services can be a costly venture. And it is something that is often performed under pressure due to looming deadlines. So it is important that you avoid mistakes ... [Re… Read More
2020-10-13 08:15
Professional linguists and students of languages can choose from various career paths. Two of the mainstream occupations chosen by linguists are in the fields of interpretation and translati… Read More
2020-10-02 11:12
Machine Translation Post-editing (MTPE or PE) is an innovative way of correcting machine translation output. However, in spite of its simple definition, PE can still be unclear when attempte… Read More
2020-09-25 09:19
Knowing a second language makes your resume more impressive and opens doors to a wide variety of jobs. If you want a career in business, foreign relations, diplomacy, or the …
Contin… Read More
2020-09-10 14:48
The effect of the 2020 pandemic has created a significant setback for a lot of businesses. From the onset of the COVID19 crisis, the NFIB showed 92% of small business …
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2020-08-18 12:08
The Covid-19 pandemic in Lebanon is a crisis within a crisis. It occurred amidst a broader socio-economic meltdown that has shaken the country in recent months. This has affected all &hellip&hell…Read More
2020-08-11 17:39
The coronavirus has displaced and disrupted many usual medical practices. More than ever, the need for adaptive medical treatment that can reach anyone regardless of their situation or spoke… Read More
2020-08-10 11:20
GTS Steps In to Fill Void Left by rev.com Online transcription startup rev in April 2020 discontinued its document translation service. Read the rev company statement here. According to loca… Read More
2020-07-29 13:15
How Can Localization Help Your Amazon Business Taking your Amazon business into international waters can take you to the next level. Especially since the projected global sales for 2020 come… Read More
2020-07-26 15:23
If you grew up watching Dragon Ball Z or Naruto, or if you simply have a life-long infatuation with Japanese culture, you’ve probably thought about trying to learn the language. &helli&hell…Read More
2020-07-07 16:04
It’s an unusually scary time for small enterprises because COVID-19 has disrupted operations worldwide. Every business has reacted differently to the crisis; some have suspended their… Read More
2020-05-26 08:59
Have you ever tried to build a semantic core for a site at least once in your lifetime? Or create a competent content strategy? If the answer is yes, then …
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