Posts in category Translation

How to Be a Subtitler

Have you ever watched a film or a T.V program and got annoyed by the inconsistency of the spoken words and the featured subtitles? If there was a function to switch off such subtitles, you are forced to activate it and struggle to hear what the actors or presenters are saying. Professionally done subtitling is important in several ways.  Read more...

• It helps viewers who do not understand the primary language the program or the film is presented in.
• It helps those who are hard of hearing to understand the spoken word of the program and hence fully benefit from it.

Patent Translation Service

What is Patent Translation?

This is the translation of legal information pertaining to governmental authority giving a person or a corporation the exclusive rights to produce or benefit from an invention (intellectual property) for a given period of time. Related terms include a license and copyright.

Accurate patent translation protects the inventor(s) from patent thieves who would want to utilize loopholes that may be present in an inaccurately translated document. It helps the inventor to recoup expenses incurred during the invention process and also to make profits. It is a necessary step needed while getting into new markets in different geographical locations.  Read more...

Legal Translation Market

Legal translation is one of the fastest growing in the technical translation field. This is necessitated by formations of various economic and political blocks among nations that use different official languages of communication. For example, according to the Greece ministry of foreign affairs, the demand for qualified translators in this field outstrips the supply. Needless to say, this is a lucrative area for those who are qualified. If your desire is to work here what do you need to fit in?

Before answering this question, it is important to point out a few facts and challenges this market presents.  Read more...

Medical Translation

Medical and pharmaceutical translation market is one of the most lucrative and in demand specialty in the translation industry. Specializing in this niche can offer ongoing and well-paying work for a long time. What does it take to get into this market?

Translation in these two fields is critical and there is no room for inaccuracies. Poorly translated prescription information, for example, can easily cause injury or even death. This is one of the reasons that a translator getting into this field must be keen to details and be highly skilled in both source and target languages. Other qualifications include:  Read more...

Highest Paying Interpreting Areas of Specialization

Highest paying interpreter career specializations are part of the larger language interpreting industry. For many people, interpreting as a career is synonymous with translation. While both involve some form of communication from one language (source) to another (target), there are significant differences.

An interpreter’s job involves the spoken language only. While the translator has the luxury of using translation aides such as dictionaries and computer programs, an interpreter has to verbally translate what one person is saying in one language into a another language for another person to understand what the first said. In essence, an interpreter echoes what one person says but in another language.  Read more...

Highest Paying Translation Areas of Specialization

There are many factors that determine a translators’ income. One of this is the area of specialization. Apart from doing general translation in a particular language, specialization means going further and focusing on a particular field. A translator can go a step further and concentrate on a sub-niche of a broader niche.

A common feature in all high paying translation areas of specialization is that big money is involved. These are sectors that involve heavy investment or big transactions.

High Paying Translation Specialties  Read more...

Degree in Translation

Many translation or interpreting students wonder whether they need a degree in these disciplines in order to do better. Qualifications related to these careers range from a certificate, a diploma, a degree all the way to masters level. But foremost, what is the difference between a translator and an interpreter?

Simply put a translator writes content from one language to another. A translator has the time to research and use various programs to come up with a document in the target language that reflects the original message in the source language. In addition to this, a translator must know the culture of the target language people to create an effective translated work.  Read more...

Protecting Your Identity

Whether you are a translation client or a translation service provider, your identity is at risk of being stolen by translation identity thieves. Stolen client information is used by these scammers to dupe unsuspecting translators into offering services that are not paid for. The scam can go further where the translator loses money and reputation.

For the translators, their stolen identity is used to swindle unsuspecting clients of their money only to be presented with shoddily translated work.

Whether you are a client or a translator, how can you protect your identity against theft by internet scammers?  Read more...

How To Retain Freelance Translation Clients

How to retain freelance clients is a thought that preoccupies many freelancers’ thoughts most of the time. Why is this so important? Unlike a fulltime job, freelancing tasks and services can be here now and no more the next minute. Retaining clients, especially good ones, is paramount for continued earnings. Although every client is different, there is an overall similarity among clients. This includes what they love and hate in a freelance service provider.

Identifying these factors will not only endear you to clients but it will also make them come to you and even pass good words about you to their friends.  Read more...

Freelance Translation Rates

How do you set the right price for your translation work? You don’t want to set your prices so high that you discourage potential clients from coming for your services. On the other hand, you don’t want to sell yourself short. You need to feel well-compensated for the work you have done. One question many new translators ask is whether they should post their rates for potential clients to see. While this may help clients to determine whether your services are within their budget, it can play against you. This is because:  Read more...

• Every translation job is unique