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Punctuation Day Is Coming

On September 24, National Punctuation Day is going to be celebrated (sort of) in America once again, which should matter if you care about language. While it’s not going to be a holiday filled with people drinking festive beverages or kissing under exclamation points hanging over the door, it is a reminder to everyone that punctuation exists for a reason. Punctuation Day is a relatively recent day, having been conceived back in 2004 by Jeff Rubin, and it is a day that both celebrates the correct usage of punctuation in

30 September 2015 No Comments

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Serious Games Need Fun Translation

Serious games are a relatively new genre to the game industry, but in many ways, these types of games are becoming more and more important not just to the companies that make them, but the audience they serve. Unlike regular video games, which are meant strictly to entertain, the “serious games” genre has education in mind. Serious games need creative translations Everyone knows that “learning by doing” is an effective teaching tool, and it’s become clear over the years that one of the great strengths of games is the interactive

29 September 2015 No Comments

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The importance of proper punctuation

With the widespread use of texts, social media posts, and emails today, language usage is transforming. These types of communication tools encourage people to shorten phrases to acronyms, abbreviate words in new ways, and limit or even omit punctuation. While this saves keyboard strokes and character usage, it can end up causing embarrassing communication errors. Punctuation Can Give Words New Meaning Although it’s not a big deal to remove a period or shorten a word in order to save a character or two, other punctuation errors can end up being

21 September 2015 No Comments

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Google Translate Is Not Enough

The automation of so many complex processes in our world can sometimes give rise to a false sense of faith in what technology can do. Word processors, for example, eliminated the need for typewriter ribbon, paper waste, and even gave the world the “delete” key, which made writing easier, but didn’t mean that everyone could now become a great writer. In the same way, assisted focus, camera sensors that automatically adjust lighting, and the now infamous Photoshop software have made it easier to capture vivid, engaging photographic images, but it’s

26 August 2015 No Comments

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Augmented Reality Is Coming & It Will Need Translation

The future always seems to be just around the corner, but one piece of science fiction is coming sooner than people might expect. While virtual reality is a phrase that’s been invoked often recently, promising the idea of exploring digital worlds, augmented reality is a counterpart in which the world we see and live in gets a little digital assistance. Early prototypes such as “Google Glass” and now Microsoft’s “HoloLens” have made great strides in bring this technology closer to the general public. Augmented reality is essentially a piece of

5 August 2015 No Comments

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Translators – One of the Fastest Growing Careers Today

With many college graduates facing a mountain of student loan debt upon graduation, it’s important for students to focus their studies on careers that will actually have decent paying jobs waiting for them upon graduation. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics one of the fastest growing careers right now is translation services. Translators are needed in all languages around the world today and, translation services are well poised to continue to be a high demand career far into the foreseeable future. People Need to Communicate Translation services

29 July 2015 No Comments

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Fun Facts About Translation

Translation services are an integral part of today’s global economy. But, where did translating begin? How did the translation machines of today come about? And where will translations be in the future? These are all interesting questions and we’ll answer them and more as we take a look at translations throughout history. The First Translations Given the fact that translating only refers to written work, the first translations did not originate until humans began to read and write; which was long after they began to communicate with each other verbally.

22 July 2015 No Comments

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Translation Errors, Their Potential Consequences, and How to Avoid Them

Experienced translators know how to deliver error free translations that are accurate and localized so that everyone can communicate successfully. Sometimes though, people choose to work with a “friend who knows Russian” or an otherwise non certified translator and, mistranslations shortly ensue. While most translation errors don’t cause a big problem and some are even funny, other mistranslations can have major consequences that may even cause injury or legal ramifications. Examples of Translation Errors Mistranslations can have a surprisingly big impact. Some examples of translation errors and their ripple effect

15 July 2015 No Comments