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Machines can understand and translate human speech better than ever before. However, bots from Google to Amazon still struggle to understand your words, handle humor, or do anything much beyond giving you an approximation of what was originally said.

First of all, we’ll need to define what a legacy translation really is. A legacy translation can be defined as a translation done by a previous provider (not your current agency). This can be done by a previous agency or an internal company resource.

One of our customers recently requested that we translate a SurveyMonkey survey while leveraging the translation memory we have built for them over the years. This type of request can be challenging. There are many content management systems (CMS), customer relationship management systems (CRM),...

Google Translate is an incredible tool. It’s fast, easy to use, and even available for offline use—perfect for quick translations when you’re on the go. And when you think about the technology involved and how it’s evolved since its inception in 2006—it’s simply amazing.

“I feel like I can’t get involved like I want to, to help my daughter. It’s very difficult. Sometimes, it wears me out because I feel powerless.” Says Edith Rodriguez, a Spanish-speaking mother. It is all too common for non-English speaking parents to feel alienated and powerless to help in their...

In the 1920s, Coca-Cola got off on the wrong foot when launching its product in China. The company printed thousands of signs calling itself "Ke-kou-ke-la," not realizing that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax," depending on the dialect.

Whether you’ve got a blog that caters to readers from different countries or a business with foreign clients, you likely find yourself in need of translations from time to time.

Audiovisual translation (AVT) is the translation of any piece of media that contains both visual and auditory components. It’s a broad definition that encompasses a comparably broad set of techniques. Translators have developed a vast area of methods over the years in response to different...

A business needs to communicate across cultures as it grows, and utilizing a translator or interpreter is often part of that process.

Human Resources plays a significant role in setting the cultural tone of a company. Employers have an obligation to provide a safe and effective workplace for employees. As part of that responsibility, they play a part in facing and eliminating language barriers at work. In the second part of this...