The Curious Case of the Translated Titles and their Vanishing Capital Letters
English has developed a distinctive habit of capitalising most of the important words in titles, headings and headlines. However other languages, including French, Italian and Spanish amongst others, would normally write titles and headings much like an ordinary sentence.
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30 years of quality - celebrating successful ISO 9001:2015 re-certification
Midland Technical Translations is delighted to share that our ISO 9001:2015 re-certification has been successfully completed following an external certificate renewal visit last month, August 20… Continue Reading »
Mind the Gap! Not every language has a word for everything.
Not every language has a word for everything. Sometimes it takes a phrase or even a whole sentence in English to express something that can be conveyed with just one word in another language, an… Continue Reading »
Team Translations - When One Translator Isn't Enough
For larger translation projects, it can be beneficial to use a team of professional translators working simultaneously rather than relying on a single linguist.
Is it a Noun or Verb? Tackling Ambiguity in Software Localisation
Tackling ambiguity in software localisation. When translating short technical content such as software strings, one common challenge is part-of-speech ambiguity.
Although not a punctuation mark, the correct use of spaces in translated texts is an integral part of what makes a ‘perfectly punctuated’ text feel ‘native’.