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22/01/2018
Business Abroad
If you are a professional, business owner or entrepreneur and you are looking for opportunities abroad, you may have already considered learning one or several languages. This will give you an edge when dealing with customers and suppliers and is one of the keys to success. However, before you start, you must ask yourself the following question: Which are the most useful languages when breaking...
03/01/2018
Translation
Many multinational companies, along with those that have an international strategy, include Portuguese as the language to be employed to access the markets of Portugal and Brazil. Both countries have significant linguistic and cultural differences, which have ultimately led to a reform of written Portuguese. Far from simplifying the task of translators, this attempt to standardise the language...
20/12/2017
Translation
For many prestigious companies it is essential to maintain uniformity in the terminology employed and in the use of language for reasons of identity or branding, marketing or corporate strategy. Terminological consistency is one of the keys to cohesion between a company’s different textual mediums. What image would a company project if it uses different terms to refer to the same thing, when...
07/12/2017
Language Technology
In the majority of cases, websites are managed by Content Management Systems (CMS). There are Content Management Systems, such as Magento , which offer the distinctive feature of exporting text for translation along with part of the HTML code. [TOC] One of the technical challenges when you translate a webpage is managing the HTML code. Generally, websites can be designed and managed exclusively...
28/11/2017
Language Technology
[TOC] Machine translation vs computer-assisted translation Automatic translation refers to translation carried out entirely by a computer programme, among which we can highlight Google Translator as the best known. Computer-assisted translation service , on the other hand, is any translation carried out by a translator. This translator uses computer programmes to create databases and to...
21/11/2017
Language Technology
Advances made in artificial intelligence and their application to the field of machine translation never cease to amaze us. Although we tend to dwell on the errors produced by machine translation, the truth is that the results obtained are getting better and better over time. Initially, the software used simply substituted one word for another, without taking the context into account. This system...
04/10/2017
Did you know...?
Anyone who works with two or more languages dreams of being bilingual. In certain countries, this term means that a person can speak two languages, without taking into account their level of proficiency. According to the Cambridge dictionary, the term bilingual refers to a person who is able to use two languages equally well. However, it may often be considered that a bilingual person is someone...
23/05/2017
Business Abroad
The attacks on New York City on September 11, 2001 changed all of our lives. This attack to the world's financial centre called into question all the security procedures in place at the time with regard to international transit in people and goods. This fact is undoubtedly the origin of the creation of the figure of the Authorized Economic Operator at European level and of the advantages that...
28/03/2017
Language Technology
Translation is an activity that lends itself easily to professional intrusion , after all anyone with a computer and knowledge of a second language can translate . However, there are people that have academic training in translation and earn a living by translating, dedicating themselves completely to this activity. It is no less true that there are people who, due to circumstances in their life...
23/03/2017
DTP and Graphic Design
Years ago Sysfilter came into my life, and I can ensure you that it is one of the best investments we have made in the company. [TOC] It provides DTP operators with a tool that, I would say, is essential in the day-to-day operations of the translation industry and, of course, of multilingual layout (or DTP if you prefer). Extracting texts for translation For those of you who aren't familiar with...