When you run a company and need translations, you have three main options: you can employ a full-time translator, work with a translation agency or with a freelance translator. These solutions have their own pros and cons, which is what we’re going to look at in this article. Although in essence, both an in-house translator…
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Just like every other industry, there are basic principles you need to stick to when ordering translations if you’re to obtain high-quality and accurate results. Many companies are not aware of them, and that’s why today, we’re going to explain some of the crucial dos and don’ts and why they’re so vital. There are many…
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If you order translations, it’s usually advisable to order localization as well. And what’s the difference between these two services? Why? Isn’t translation sufficient? To make this whole subject even more complicated, there’s also transcreation. These different terms can cause a bit of a headache, but don’t worry, we’re about to clarify what they mean.…
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Today, we want to show you one of our latest and most exciting endeavours. Over the past few months, we’ve been responsible for translation and localization of FizzUp, the French fitness application. And now, we are happy to take you behind the scenes of this project FizzUp is a French fitness mobile app, designed for…
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In our last blog post, we talked about machine translation and CAT tools, both of which play a significant role in the way the modern translation industry works. Today, we are going to discuss the backstage of machine translation applications and programmes. As we mentioned in the previous blog, MT applications use databases called ‘corpora’…
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Artificial Intelligence is transforming and improving the translation industry. Today, there are many machine translation (MT) applications and computer-assisted translation (CAT) systems that support human translators in their work. Machine-translation tools operate using databases consisting of billions of words, phrases and expressions, to ensure that translations are accurate and natural, just as a human would…
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Did you know that several words commonly used in English today derive from the Polish language? To enlighten you a little today, we’re going to introduce you to some of them! Let’s start with a brief overview. Modern languages are often highly influenced by other languages. Polish is a good example. According to the Polish…
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Have you ever heard the term Polonia? It’s a Polish word, which basically means the Polish diaspora. It’s what we call Poles living abroad. Although, in a narrower sense, Polonia refers only to people of Polish origin who are born outside of Poland, in this article, we’re using the term in its wider sense. Today,…
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Speaking Polish is a kind of a superpower. How so? Polish is one of the most complicated languages to learn for native English speakers, and with good reason. For starters, we have seven cases in the Polish language. Also, it’s loaded with consonants, and there are far more exceptions than rules. And that’s not all!…
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If you’ve been lucky enough to travel to Poland… Sorry, let’s start again. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been to Poland or not – you’ve probably heard the stereotype that us Poles don’t seem to have a sense of humour. And if you take a look at our blog posts over the last few weeks…
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