While we often think of English as a Germanic language with French influence, Viking activity in England has left its linguistic mark in ways you might not expect. There are of course the classi… Continue Reading »

Translation might seem like it has an obvious workflow – a client has a file, a translator translates it, everyone goes home happy. But the translation process can be a little more complex tha… Continue Reading »

Handling millions of words every year is no mean feat. So, what languages do our translations go into?

At MTT, our top language is by far German, which comes in as our most translated language. G… 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 »

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 »

Your website is a representation of your company to the world, so getting it right in translation couldn’t be more important. At MTT, we have nearly 40 years’ experience in providing excelle… Continue Reading »

One of our recent clients required their user manual translating into German, a request which sounded simple enough on the face of it. As is our usual policy at MTT, we selected a mother-tongue … Continue Reading »

Machine translation with post-editing for tight timescales

Our client is responsible for sales, installations and training on forensic science technology for police and crime laboratories.

Our cli… Continue Reading »

Many clients ask what information they need to provide us with when making an enquiry about a document for translation. It’s helpful, particularly if you want a quick and accurate quotation, t… Continue Reading »

Translation became the focus of one news story this June as the British government met embarrassment over its translation of Theresa May’s Brexit Plan. The British government sought to do a fa… Continue Reading »