Today Translations give tourists a hand in understanding confusing Brooklynese

Ask a life-long Brooklynite if he has an accent and you’re likely to get this rapid-fire response: fuhgeddaboudit! Ask a typical European what that means, and you’re likely to get a befuddled look and silence. That’s why a London-based translation agency is looking for people to help translate Brooklynese. Today Translations has posted an ad on craigslist seeking speakers of [...]

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FaceBook localization sends out strong message

Over the last decade the internet has experienced a dramatic rollercoaster of a ride. Looking back at when the .com bubble burst seems like an age ago, and ever since people, businesses, investors, all of them had their doubts about the internet. Business models and strategies were rewritten overnight, not to mention the value of [...]

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Google and Microsoft enter Translation Wars

Right now there is a titanic battle occurring, but not over land, politics, religion or money. In the 21st century two of the world’s largest and most influential companies are going toe to toe. It has often been said in the past ‘to the victor goes the spoils’. The winner of this battle will win [...]

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Foreign footballers face fresh challenges in Premier League

Foreign footballers from outside the EU will be barred from joining Premier League clubs from October unless they can speak simple English under new immigration rules. The English test forms part of a points-based system that will cut the number of immigrants entering Britain by about 20,000 a year. But ministers have decided to exempt [...]

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Jacque Chirac to translate his memoirs into Arabic

Competition between various publishing houses was rife to obtain the language translation rights to publish the English to Arabic translation of Chirac’s memoirs. For Kalima to obtain the rights to publish this book in Arabic is yet another indication of the prestigious position which the project has managed to obtain in the publishing world. The [...]

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Multi-Lingual Customer Service is a Must

Source: Mark Tapling, CEO of Language Weaver. Being able to sell to a diverse customer base is one thing, but it’s just the first step in an ongoing process of fostering successful customer interactions if winning loyalty is your goal. It might be daunting to engage call center representatives with language translator skills, but many [...]

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