Musings of the Mad Wordsmith (and other things)

The British Guardian asks if the spirit of the original religious text can be adequately conveyed in a different language. Alexander Goldbe...

Jeffrey Henning of VoVici has a series of excellent articles about preparing multilingual surveys and questionnaires. He does not start at ...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Media figures and field experts called Wednesday for protecting the elements of the Arabic language, as...

One would have thought that writing a press release for your translation business is precisely the activity that will showcase these linguis...

If you’re seeking to translate any kind of business documents, marketing materials or web pages, it is important that you obtain an accurate...

From Robert Lukes, Dakota A new website was launched last month with the intention of providing a means of communication between the Arabic-...

Chanin Balance, President & CEO of viaLanguage, on international marketing : - By the end of 2010 over 1 billion people will have access...

Catherine Porter, MLA President, has a wonderful entry on the Asian Languages blog. Here is an excerpt: Lately, as a thought experiment, I...

Or is John Dixon from Applied Languages writing his career as a translation project manager off? Apparently, after Elvish, Esperanto, Na...

Add three things together: Economic Migration (outsourcing/multinationals/professional) + the Internet population + social media marketing t...

Whenever a translator or a translation editor makes a choice that affects consistency, that choice should be recorded in a glossary or style...

I am immensely grateful to Lauren Nemec from Applied Languages for the posting on why it is almost impossible to translate marketing crap fr...

Nowadays, it’s easier than ever for the smallest of home-built businesses to network and trade on the international arena. But the first ste...

Two very interesting blogs last week - the first " Bloggers from Non English Speaking Backgrounds – Share Your Tips and Stories Here ...

The term “Engrish” widely refers to the incorrect usage of the English language – usually in written form – by people in East Asian countrie...

Had to smile, although this is rather pathetic. The Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission is under fire for blaming the distribution ba...

In the past, there were only two user interfaces in many corporations' cross country websites, that is, a native language website and an...

A bit about cultural competence in the business sector today from Wall Street Journal . I'll just quote the fun bits.. "Tom Bonkenb...

Everything of value, yes. Thus says me. Define "value" - you ask. It is a relative term. But if it contains ideas, no matter how d...

Here is a tip from the Globalisation Group : If you did not create the original file, you may need some additional help locating it. Here is...