Case for local content creation

Companies that wanted to expand to other countries not only exported their products and services, but also their managerial human resources. This practice provided a sense of assurance that corporate policies of virtually all areas of business such as customer service, and sales and marketing were consistent with the corporate expectations. This method of doing business

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Benefits of outsourcing your translation needs

Benefits of outsourcing your translation needs To Translation Companies Consider the following scenarios: Does your company have operations in multiple countries? Does your company have patents that you’d like to file in other countries? Does your company outsource manufacturing to other countries? Is your company involved in a legal dispute in another country? If you answered

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Machine Translations: Two Approaches

Human translators quite often wonder why would anyone use machine translations?  Larger companies quite often wonder why can’t machine translations be made better?   As simple as this sounds, we can not underestimate the complexities involved when deciding which option to consider.  To begin with, I think it’s important to define machine translation. It is

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Interpretation: on-site or on-phone?

Phone Interpretation Service Companies that need interpretation services often request the interpreter to be available on-site without knowing that there is another option. Successful interpretation can also be performed over the phone. Doing over the phone interpretation can save companies time and money. In some instances, court hearing, for example, having the interpreter on-site might be the

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TEKRAR MERHABA!

UZUN BiR HASTALIK DÖNEMiNDEN SONRA (YENi YILIN GETiRiSi BU OLDU BANA) TEKRAR YAZABiLMEK ÇOK GÜZEL. BiR ARA ARTIK GERi GELEMEYECEGiMi DÜSÜNMEYE BASLAMISTIM. BU DURUM, ÇEViRMENLERiN HASTALANDIKLARINDA NE OLDUGUNU DÜSÜNMEME YOL AÇTI. ÖNCELiKLE SERBEST ÇALISAN ÇEViRMENLER POTANSiYEL ÇEViRiLERi KAÇIRIYORLAR, DAHA KÖTÜSÜ MÜSTERiLERiNi KAYBETME TEHLiKESiNi YASIYORLAR. BU SORUNUN BiR BASKA YANI iSE HASTALIK DÖNEMiNDE, YALNIZCA BU iSLE GEÇiNEN iNSANLARIN NASIL GEÇiNECEGi, NASIL

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CAN MACHINES BEAT HUMAN TRANSLATORS?

Can Machines Beat Human Translators? Many translators, maybe most, are concerned that their profession will not last many years. They have been following the progress of machine translation and believe that sooner or later computers will translate with a quality comparable to that of a professional translator, and at lower costs, thus bringing unemployment to

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Cevirmenlik bir meslektir

GENC ARKADASLARIMIN COGUNDA GORDUGUM BiR EGiLiM DiKKATiMi CEKTi. BELKi ESKiDEN AYNI DURUMDA BEN OLDUGUM iCiNDiR. BU iSE GiRENLERiN ONEMLi BiR BOLUMU YAPTIKLARI iSi BiR MESLEK OLARAK GORMUYOR. iSLERiNDEN EMEKLi OLANLAR, “DUZGUN” BiR iS BULANA KADAR iDARETEN CEViRi YAPAN UNVERSiTE MEZUNLARI, YURTDISINDAN GELiP YABANCI DiL BiLDiKLERi iÇiN CEViRi YAPABiLECEKLERiNi DUSUNENLER, UNiVERSiTE BiTENE KADAR HARCLIGINI ÇIKARMAK iSTEYEN

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News – latest translation softwares around

Latest Translation Software Around I’ve just read in a NY Times article published in November that IBM is working hard on a new translation software – called n-Fluent – which sounds interesting. On IBM’s website you can find detailed info about it: the development process of the software apparently involved 400,000 people, that is, IBM

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About software localization…

About software localization About software localization… WITNESS OF A PRACTICE: While working in the software localization field for a big IT company, I figured out how sometimes translators can’t avoid bad translation renderings. I  found out that About software localization strings are translated out of context, the mainly visual context in this case. Once the translation was

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What Do Translation Memories Mean For Your Business

What Do Translation Memories Mean For Your Business The advent of technologies enabling the recording of translation patterns for later use (translation memories) can be a definite benefit for all parties involved. For the Client, future projects can be made less expensive while the translation company saves time on projects and can increase volume. How

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