The Turkish language uses honorifics and grammatical forms that allow for very specific levels of formality, depending on age difference, levels of familiarity and social distance. These are use… Continue Reading »

Now that we’re fully into 2024, we thought it would be a good time to look back on our translation projects of 2023. Last year we translated a whopping 1,976,779 words into dozens of languages… Continue Reading »

Our office will be closed for the festive period from 22nd December.

We hope everyone has a safe and restful winter holiday. We will be back and raring to go in the New Year on 2nd January.

English and German are both West Germanic languages, making them linguistic siblings, alongside Dutch and Afrikaans. As a result, around 60% of vocabulary is shared between English and German, c… Continue Reading »

Today, emojis make up a major part of online communication, used by 92% of the online population. But did you know that the meaning of an emoji can get lost in translation?

Emojis can be interp… Continue Reading »

How fast your translation can be processed can sometimes come down to how easy your files are to work with. So, how can you prepare your projects for translation?

One of the easiest ways to get y… Continue Reading »

Back-translation is one of the most common quality assurance checks in research processes and is most used in health to allow researchers to check that their translations are correct and fit for… Continue Reading »

If you’ve ever delved into the appendices of Lord of the Rings, there’s plenty to keep your inner translation nerd happy. This is of course one of many reasons that the works of JRR Tolkien … Continue Reading »

When you’re used to just looking up the odd word or phrase, automatic translators on search engines can be a quick and easy way to get the information you need. However, it’s also worth thin… Continue Reading »