Category: Business

Deal with all of your language service needs at Stand 344 with Rosetta Translation. With the economic turmoil and unease following the Brexit vote there has never been a better time to ensure that businesses can communicate abroad and continue or commence trading. Language and human rights in the legal…

The Pilot system: the future of instant interpreting?     I have recently become aware of a new gadget soon to hit our shelves. This in-ear gadget appears to be something straight out of a science fiction film, and it certainly closely resembles the ‘Babel Fish’, from the cult book…

Leaving the EU: What does this mean for translation?     Many of us are still concerned about the political climate and what this means to us individually and as a nation. But, since all of us at Rosetta Translation are both European and translators, we have another burning question:…

In our past 2 posts we’ve looked at the good and bad points of Google Translate. 10 years down the line it is undoubtedly helping many people with their language quandaries. That said, it’s important to look at the flip side of the coin: are we becoming too reliant on…

So, Google Translate (let’s call it GT from now on) is blowing out 10 candles on its birthday cake, and in part 1 we looked at how the tool can bring communities and people together, breaking through language barriers. Yes, granted this a handy thing to have at your disposal…

  Believe it or not Google Translation was born in 2006, and so celebrates its 10th birthday this year. From its original 2 languages the tool can now deal with 103 languages including Hmong (a dialect spoken in China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand), Shona (a Bantu language native to Zimbabwe)…

In the first part of this article we started to look at the different types of translation technology and how translation memories (TMs) can assist translation projects.   Terminology management is an integral part of translation technology and these tools are important to translators and clients alike. First of all,…

  Outside the translation and language industry little is really known (understandably perhaps) about translation technology. Machine translation is a type of this technology, for example Google Translate and Babelfish, of which many people have heard of. But, tools used by translators, translation companies and the people who require translations…

Following last week's post, here's the other skills that are needed for a TPM in the Translation industry!   Decision-Making and Problem-Solving The ability to anticipate potential obstacles prior to delivery is something that improves over time and, at times, by learning from past experience. Requesting that a translation be…

While the umbrella term ‘project manager’ can be heard in almost all sectors in the professional world, from construction to IT, project management as a practice in the field of translation has only started to emerge in recent years and does not yet, therefore, have the long tradition it is…