The translation industry is huge: it is expected to reach a revenue of 37 billion dollars by 2018, and it is growing every year. Translation projects are however not straightforward: from knowing your translators, to getting familiar with the industry’s … Read More
This blog post was updated on 5 March 2024. Audio-visual translation is a specialised branch of translation dedicated to the language versioning techniques used in audio-visual content which can be used either at the production or post-production stage. Video is … Read More
This blog post was updated on 11 October 2022. Whether you are a gamer or not, you probably know the names of a video game or two. This form of entertainment is extremely popular, and its industry is ever-expanding. With … Read More
When it comes to producing content to fulfil your marketing or corporate communication needs it’s incredibly important to establish a voice for your company, or brand, to be used consistently throughout all materials produced – even more so when your … Read More
In the last three months there has been a great media focus on machine translation technology and applications offered by some of the big names in international search. To name a few, Google Translate version 3.1.0 and Skype Translator, as … Read More
As we start 2015, it is a great time to really start thinking about future projects for the next twelve months. Although you may have considered what will be included in your international marketing campaigns, and secured budget to boot, … Read More
If you’re not familiar with the wonderful world of translation then the phrase computer-assisted translation (CAT) will probably mean nothing to you. You may even think that it’s the same as machine translation, but I’m here to tell you that … Read More
Technical translation is a whole world away from the creative translation and transcreation of marketing materials, and applies to a wide variety of sectors including manufacturing, engineering, chemical, and to some extent the specialised needs of medical and pharmaceutical companies. … Read More
Hands up if you’ve ever used Google Translate? Well, me too! I’m guessing we’ve all used it at some point whilst surfing the net, but for what purpose? For me, it’s mainly when shopping on Japanese or Korean e-commerce sites, … Read More
Online video is BIG full stop! 100 million internet users watch online videos every single day, with 100 hours of video footage uploaded to YouTube every minute! What’s more amazing is that 80% of video views on YouTube are actually … Read More
When involved in projects relating to the translation of a website I often face challenges when it comes to getting hold of the existing content on their website in order to calculate costing. In an ideal world there would be … Read More
The now cliché expression “lost in translation” is often thrown about when referring to misunderstandings between people communicating across language barriers, but in reality it’s incredibly important to be wary of your message being miscommunicated when it comes to the … Read More
“We must make the Arabic language a first class citizen of the web.” These were the passionate words of Dr. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid a little over a year ago in Doha at the Arabic Web Days, a month-long initiative launched … Read More
In 2014 the global SaaS (Software as a Service) market is predicted to grow by more than 15%. With advancements in technologies, and new emerging platforms highly anticipated, it’s a great time to be part of the software development industry. … Read More
I constantly get asked by prospective clients “why should I have to pay more for someone to check over your translation?” Even I questioned this when I first started working here at Webcertain, but now I appreciate just how important … Read More
