Getting Ready for Translation: Glossary and Style Guide Are you looking to translate and localize your content? Then you should prepare a glossary and style guide prior to starting your first project. This will help you keep consistency and accuracy across your translations. The style guide will explain your brand’s tone [...]
5 Linguistic Differences Across French-Speaking Regions When translating your content into French, it’s essential to account for linguistic variances across different French-speaking regions. The meaning of a French word in France, for example, could vary drastically from its meaning in Québec. Failure to account for regional language differences could yield errors and [...]
French comes in different flavors! Congratulations! You’re ready to take the pivotal step of translating your content into French—the only language other than English that’s spoken on all five continents. Making your content accessible to a French-speaking audience allows you to significantly expand your audience, boost engagement, and ultimately, grow your business. [...]
5 Linguistic Differences Across Spanish-Speaking Regions When translating your content into Spanish, it’s essential to account for linguistic variances across different Spanish-speaking regions. The meaning of a Spanish word in Spain, for example, could vary drastically from its meaning in Argentina. Failure to account for regional language differences could yield errors and inaccuracies [...]
Spanish comes in different flavors! Congratulations! You’re ready to take the pivotal step of translating your content into Spanish—the world’s second most widely spoken language. Making your content accessible to a Spanish-speaking audience allows you to significantly expand your audience, boost engagement, and ultimately, grow your business. But even within the Spanish [...]
Should I translate my content into Hindi? It’s no secret: translating your content into new languages results in boosted traffic and engagement. People crave content in their native languages, and tailoring your content to serve a global audience is among the most powerful growth hacks. But once you’ve tackled the question of whether [...]
Translation vs Localization: What’s the Difference? If you’ve been using translation and localization interchangeably, you’re missing out a crucial distinction. While translation is relatively straightforward—typically defined as a word-for-word conversion of text from one language into another—localization is far more nuanced. You can’t have localization without translation: the process encompasses the conversion of [...]
How to make your content translation-friendly You're thinking of bringing your content to the international audience? Our recommendation is - even before you start looking for a translation provider, a translation management platform, quotes and bids etc. - to prepare your content for localization. Your English copy, what we call a "source", [...]
The importance of international AI: overview from a revealing tech talk It’s the hottest buzzword in the technology space: artificial intelligence. And for good reason. As computers become more adept at mimicking human processes, artificial intelligence—or AI—is increasingly influencing the day-to-day lives of consumers.Yet as AI reshapes the way we conduct business across [...]
Expand your video’s reach with Multilingual Subtitles It’s 2018, and video usage is on the rise. According to a recent Hubspot Marketing Survey, 81% of businesses use video as a marketing tool in 2018—up from 63% in 2017. Of the group that’s not using video, 65% plan to start in 2018. Part [...]