Translation Industry News

If you are interested in Polish news and culture, then you may already have heard of Scotsbarszc – Scotland’s online magazine for all things Polish. Launched in December 2009, it has built an impressive online following from Polish people living in Scotland and beyond; and English-speakers who are interested in keeping up-to-date with Polish news…

Moscow hosted Russia’s first International Congress of Translators at the beginning of September 2010, which took place at the heart of the Moscow International Book Fair. Topics included ‘untranslatable texts’, common translation issues, improving the public’s view of translators, and the establishment of the country’s first ‘Translators’ House’. In an article in The Telegraph, Ekaterina…

A school in South Dakota has turned to automatic text-to-speech translation to deliver messages to parents who do not speak English as a first language. Due to rolled out in the 2010–2011 school year, AlertNow is a multilingual service that looks set to become an indispensable communication aid for parents and teachers alike. AlertNow provides…

While politicians in Britain have been pounding the pavement up and down the UK over the last month, key players in the translation technology industry have been presenting a manifesto of a different sort as they try to secure their part in the future of the European Commission’s translation strategy. As decision makers in the…

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation employs over 1700 translators spread across 23 different language departments and covering all the official languages of the EU. These translation departments play a vital role in ensuring successful communication both internally and externally, between various governmental organisations as well as with any member of the public needing their…

The EU has moved closer to providing full and proper access to language services for citizens involved in criminal proceedings in Member States. A draft Directive to improve and standardise the provision of translation and interpreting services was advanced yesterday when it was announced that the initiative put forward by 13 Member States in 2009…

There are a lot of global and international companies which operate in many countries and although a company’s philosophy may focus on creating consistency throughout the company, sometimes certain adaptations will need to be made for a product or translation to be acceptable locally. Glocalisation is often the key to the success of global acceptance….