Many of the translators I know also write content or copy from scratch instead of just translating content or copy that has already been written in another language. Translators who write content for promotional purposes such as websites, brochures or other marketing copy, advertisements, radio or TV commercials, company taglines, slogans or any other promotional [...]
More please! →Today is one of the most important days of the year that many people have probably never heard of.
Here in Canada, it’s called National Mourning Day, and it has been recognized annually on April 28 since 1991. It’s a day that recognizes and pays tributes to the many workers who are injured [...]
More please! →As the weather starts to get nicer and more spring-like in this part of the Western hemisphere, we are getting more and more requests to translate tourist- and tourism-related documents. Whether you want a translator to translate your travel brochures, trip schedule, language guides, hotel reviews, or anything else to help entice tourists from around the world to visit your destination hotspot, there are four important questions to ask before you hire a translator that will save you money AND a lot of time.
More please! →In the translation industry, it sometimes seems like translators are involved in an ongoing race to the bottom. Unlike accountants, lawyers and other professionals providing a valuable service, translators are often asked to quote lower and lower rates and do so in an effort to secure as much business as possible with the hope that they will eventually, somehow, be able make a living off the low, low prices they are forced to charge.
This downward spiral means that translators are less and less likely to earn what they’re worth because the average price that clients are willing to pay for translations continues to decrease.
Part language interpreter, writing specialist, subject matter expert, researcher, and detective, translators can sometimes seem like a different breed. We come from such a variety of backgrounds, nationalities, qualifications, and cultures that each of us is uniquely qualified. There is also this idea that translators are studious, even a bit geeky, with a passion for dictionaries, proper syntax and etymology.
Despite this seemingly endless array of differences, successful professional translators share a number of common traits and qualities.
