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The 14 Best Translation and Localisation Conferences to Attend This Year (Events, Expos, and Trade Shows)
Conferences are back. With the lifting of many COVID-19 measures, large-scale, in-person events such as conferences, expos, and trade shows have returned. Translation and localisation conferences...
European Commission Publishes a Proposal for a Regulation on Machinery Products
Is documentation in digital form allowed? On 21 April, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on machinery products. Annex III includes a provision for instruction...
The Difference between Translation and Localisation
Any company that wants to enter international markets knows that the first step is to translate its content and documentation into the language of the target audience to be able to communicate with...
Differences between European Spanish and Latin American Spanish
Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world with 580 million speakers, of which 483 million are native speakers. According to the Instituto Cervantes, it is the second native...
What makes a professional translator?
Translators are aplenty, but are they all professional, good translators? I have previously written about the reasons why you should hire a professional translator, and you might be thinking: “Okay,...
Why hire a professional translator?
If your company or organisation wants to enter foreign markets, or you have already done so and are about to launch a new product in those markets, it is very likely that you will need translation...
The Importance of Terminology and Terminology Management
According to the Oxford Dictionary, “terminology” refers to the body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, profession, etc. It refers to the words used in a...
Cognitive Biases in Technical Communication
Are we always as rational as we think? Many of the things we do such as making decisions, reacting to new situations and even writing technical documentation are influenced by our past experiences,...
The Evolution of Translation in the World of Neural Machine Translation
Neural machine translation has revolutionised the translation and localisation industry. It's time for translators – and clients – to adapt to this new landscape and evolve with it. We are in...