According to the BBC, the English on this sign is clear enough but the Welsh reads "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated."
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Translation
Online applications give me a competitive edge. I want to be a ‘big little company’ with the same (or better) IT capabilities as the biggest of my clients. I try to make the maximum use of online applications because they let me deploy new capabilities quickly without adding to my IT or admin burdens. This [...]
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In this final guest post, Christian Arno from Lingo24 explains the difference between translation and transcreation. It’s an important distinction. Translators should only ever translate into their mother tongue, regardless of how fluent they are in another language. This ensures that the linguistic nuances of their native language are respected. Furthermore, many linguists have qualifications [...]
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In this second guest post, Lingo24’s founder Christian Arno talks about the joy of words and the hidden linguistic pitfalls that translators must avoid. Linguistic diversity As all translators will know, it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to learn a second language. But with genetically-related languages such as Romance, there is often [...]
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If you are an English writer, it pays to think about other languages. Learning another language can help you become a better writer. But it goes beyond that. Much of my work is translated. For example, a site I wrote for HP (HP Business Answers) is currently being localised into ten different languages. I had [...]
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Dear Uncle Matthew, The company I work for is planning to launch a new website targeted at people in the US. Although I consider myself a reasonably accomplished web writer, my experience of writing for audiences outside the UK is limited. I’m certain I could already do a good job of selling our products to [...]
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