Cultural Differences

Given the complexity of some languages, when translating, it’s essential to trust a professional and experienced specialized translator with perfect language command, in order to guarantee high-quality results which are completely understandable. A translation job can be a real challenge, but what are the most difficult languages to translate? With around 7000 different languages worldwide, the language difficulty lies in the individual...

Business trips are a daily routine for thousands of people around the world. During those trips, people meet new companies and make professional contacts, while being on the look out for solutions to maximize profit and optimize operations. It might be entering new markets or making new partners, maybe even strategic business collaborations. At those events every detail matters to successfully close business deals and prevent any uncomfortable...

According to Wikipedia , there are currently about 7 million French speakers in Quebec who have French as their mother tongue, second only to France in terms of the number of native French speakers. Quebec French has many aspects in common with French from France, as they share the same origins. The French mostly spoke is as it was used in the 17th and 18th centuries in Paris. However, there are five major differences between Quebec French and...

Despite being separated by a vast ocean, the United Kingdom and the United States are two sides of the same coin , two sister countries united by the same language but with very different cultural personalities . This is reflected in the way English is used to the extent that it can differentiate between British and American English. These differences, far from being anecdotal, can cause confusion, lack of cohesion or misunderstanding in a...

Is medical language as innocent as we think? A priori, we might think that medical translation is pure science, logical, objective and irrefutable. However, we, as a translation agency, know that translation is never an exact science and that the preconceived idea that medical translation is simply a list of official translations or databases provided by medical institutions , is far from reality. [TOC] Thinking about this idea and documenting...

If you’re an international negotiator, you will probably have already been faced with an uncomfortable situation during a professional meeting. Whether you are young or you already have twenty years of experience in business, you have probably already been baffled by the cultural idiosyncrasies of some of your business associates... And that is completely normal! Cultural codes are sometimes difficult to decipher and they can be interpreted very...

If you go to Japan on business, it's important to bear in mind certain cultural differences and customs in order to avoid any embarrassing situations . Whether you deal with clients or providers, business relationships will be strengthened if your Japanese companions appreciate the effort you make to learn about their culture and respect their customs. Cultural observations made here are based on stereotypes and generalisations, and it's...

It is likely that at some time you have seen a piece of news on the television or in the written press about a subject that you know well. If it has ever happened to you, then it is highly likely that you were surprised by the inaccuracies committed by renowned names such as the BBC or The Telegraph, for example. The reason is clear: journalism involves compiling information on subjects unknown to the journalists in a frantic race against the...