Questions You Should Ask When Choosing a Translation Partner
With the world becoming increasingly connected, the number of businesses requiring translation services is growing. As a result, the language services industry has doubled in size in the last 10 years. If you work for one of the many businesses with global engagement,...
The 5 Fastest Growing Languages and What That Means for Global Industry
If you work at a global company or one that plans to expand globally, then it's important to understand language trends and know the fastest growing languages. Global industries need to know the languages people are relying on to do business, but also what languages a...
10 Things You Should Know before Translating Your e-Learning Course
More and more businesses are turning to e-learning for training and development. First, with multicultural and multilingual workforces, e-learning localization gives businesses the ability to provide the same content and experience in different languages. Second,...
Capture the Essence of the Vietnamese New Year
Celebrating Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, is a popular tradition unique to Vietnam. Falling in early February on the Lunar New Year, it’s Vietnam’s time for ringing in the new year. Vietnamese Americans still connect to their roots through Tet, and they describe it as...
Key Considerations for Language Localization
When you are preparing to expand into a new foreign market, you'll want to carefully take into account a number of key considerations for language localization. This involves adapting your communications and materials for a foreign language in a specific region....
Technology for Rural Education as the International Equalizer
In the central highlands of Peru, nestled between Jauja and Huancayo, lies the small town of Muquiyauyo. With a population of around 3,000 people, this picturesque community rests on the banks of the Mantaro River, formed by melting glaciers high in the Andes....
Harness the Power of Game Localization
Whether on smartphones or game consoles, interactive entertainment is growing. Buoyed by prospects for competitive esports, Reuters reported gaming was on track for nearly $160 billion in global revenue for 2020, up more than 9% from the previous year. Global...
Top 5 Best Practices for Game Localization
Game localization has become an integral part of our modern gaming industry and plays an instrumental role in showing that businesses focus on their clients. If your target audience is part to the majority of people on this planet – i.e. non-English speaking -...
5 Tips for App Localization
Localizing mobile apps for your business can lead to great rewards. The 2012 research published by Distimo (now App Annie) reported that localizing apps led to an increase of 128% in downloads per country added. Companies that invested in app localization saw a 26%...
Do’s and Don’ts When Translating Videos
Videos are quickly becoming the most popular way for companies to communicate with customers. Every minute, YouTubers upload about 300 hours of new video content, and an astounding 5 billion videos are watched on the website every single day. And this phenomenon isn’t...