When you think about revenue killers for your business, what first comes to mind? If you do business in international markets, low-quality, inaccurate translations might top your list. Despite the high stakes, some businesses continue to treat translation services as an afterthought. Thinking in these terms, it becomes evident that translation is not just another […]
Thank you to translator Barbara A. who worked on this project. Background During the last five years, the Municipality of La Falda in Argentina saw rapid growth in its influx of foreign tourists. La Falda is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Argentina where the main economic activity is tourism. The authorities decided […]
As we mentioned in our article The Global Neighborhood, a product or service might be successful in one cultural context; but then need to be altered—in some cases quite dramatically—to be successful in another. Spanish is a great example. Although the same language is spoken in many different countries, the meaning can vary greatly region […]
As announced in April, Alpha Omega Translations (AOT) recently bought memoQ for its translators. MemoQ won ITI’s (Institution of Translation and Interpreting) Best Translation Software 2011 award and was rated #1 by Common Sense Advisory among translation-centric TMS systems. MemoQ supports over 50 software applications. A few of our translators have already taken it for […]
Kapka L. was born in Ruse, Bulgaria and she currently lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. After attending University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, Bulgaria, Kapka graduated from the English Language School in Ruse. Kapka specializes in translation services in tourism, general engineering, development, design, architecture, structural and civil engineering. She has been a […]
In today’s global and fast-paced world, many organizations understand the need to have their website content in multiple languages to appeal to different international markets. And since websites are constantly being updated and revised, these multiple language websites can be quite complicated to coordinate and manage. Translators are able to get a lot of their […]
Tsiuri P. was born and lives in Tbilisi, Georgia in the USSR. She studied Aviation in school in Tbilisi and has been a translator for 20 years. Tsiuri specializes in the legal, government, military, technical and medical fields and works with European organizations and companies such as Twinning and TACIS. Tsiuri is multilingual; she speaks […]
This year’s ALC conference was held in beautiful Boston. I must say I was very impressed by the elegant dynamism of the Bostonians during my first time ever in this historical city. As usual, the conference provided a great forum for networking among language service companies, and for exploring leading translation technologies and new strategies. […]
