http://blog.web-translations.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://blog.web-translations.com/wp-content/themes/webtrans/images/button.gifhttp://blog.web-translations.comDescription of your blog. http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/the-best-translation-agency-to-work-for/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/the-best-translation-agency-to-work-for/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:28:27 +0000 Dan http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1629 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/the-best-translation-agency-to-work-for/feed/ Translation is a complex service that often doesn’t quite get the recognition it deserves. Many people who buy translation may never have lived in another country and so have no frame of reference for the level of skill required to complete a good translation. Consequently many fall into the trap of buying translation as a [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/the-worlds-first-multilingual-social-network-xiha/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/the-worlds-first-multilingual-social-network-xiha/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:39:29 +0000 Cass http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1627 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/the-worlds-first-multilingual-social-network-xiha/feed/ Yet another social network - so what’s special about this one? Finnish-created XIHA is the world’s first multilingual social network. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn do offer content in different languages, but this is supported through a monolingual implementation - you have to choose one language for the user interface, and would mostly update your status & [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/is-machine-translation-making-a-comeback/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/is-machine-translation-making-a-comeback/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:43:01 +0000 Cass http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1623 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/is-machine-translation-making-a-comeback/feed/ Now, before I get shot down by a flurry of irate translators, hear me out. There’s been an increase recently in the use of post-edited machine translation for some projects where the volume of content is so huge, and the time window so short that human translation, and then proofreading and subsequent editing of the text, [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/german-exports-up-38-during-june/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/german-exports-up-38-during-june/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:10:09 +0000 Cass http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1608 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/german-exports-up-38-during-june/feed/ There has recently been a further sign of recovery in Europe’s biggest economy - German exports were up more than 3% in June, and the country has experienced unprecendented growth of 2.2% from April to June this year. A weakening of the Euro in recent months coupled with a strong demand for German goods in Asia [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/making-the-case-for-multilingual-seo/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/making-the-case-for-multilingual-seo/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:42:04 +0000 Cass http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1591 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/08/making-the-case-for-multilingual-seo/feed/ SEO is just as important for your foreign language sites as for your English one. Simply translating content and putting it online unfortunately does not mean that any of your potential customers will find the pages you have created for their benefit. As Nataly Kelly of the Common Sense Advisory says: “It just doesn’t work to assume that a target audience [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/how-international-blast-works/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/how-international-blast-works/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:26:18 +0000 admin http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1595 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/how-international-blast-works/feed/ This post is an explanation of how our International Blast service works, as it’s something we are often asked about. International Blast was developed as a first step localisation for companies who wanted to begin trading internationally online, but preferred a cautious approach rather than investing a larger amount of money, time and resources in localising their [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/weve-updated-our-portfolio-take-a-look/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/weve-updated-our-portfolio-take-a-look/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:51:52 +0000 Cass http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1590 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/weve-updated-our-portfolio-take-a-look/feed/  Have a look at some of the recent projects we’ve been working on:            South African Airways, national airline of this year’s World Cup host nation - this project involves website localisation and managing multilingual updates. Aspinal of London, famous for their iconic leather goods - we set up a new ecommerce system, localised the site, and [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/web-translations-opens-london-office-with-an-ecommerce-expert/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/web-translations-opens-london-office-with-an-ecommerce-expert/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:31:12 +0000 admin http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1599 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/web-translations-opens-london-office-with-an-ecommerce-expert/feed/ We’re pleased and proud to welcome Technical Sales Director, and eCommerce expert, Raj Jadeja to the team. Raj is heading up our London office, in the Clerkenwell area of the city, and has been appointed to meet the needs of our growing community of eCommerce clients, and also to provide a local presence for many of our [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/yorkshire-businesses-are-well-positioned-to-sell-into-scandinavia/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/yorkshire-businesses-are-well-positioned-to-sell-into-scandinavia/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:23:07 +0000 Cass http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1597 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/yorkshire-businesses-are-well-positioned-to-sell-into-scandinavia/feed/ Yorkshire companies are “well-positioned to sell into Scandinavia”, according to Danish business expert and former diplomat, Benny Sørensen.     At a recent event to inform businesses in the region about opportunities in Scandinavia, the organisers (Import-Export consultants SØRENSEN, and Denmark’s inward investment organisation Copenhagen Capacity, teamed with the Leeds, York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce International [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/harry-potter-and-the-64-translations/ http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/harry-potter-and-the-64-translations/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:17:34 +0000 admin http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1594 http://blog.web-translations.com/2010/07/harry-potter-and-the-64-translations/feed/   With J. K. Rowling’s final instalment of the Harry Potter books coming out in cinemas soon, a blog post about how other countries have learnt about this brilliant saga is long overdue! The best selling series of books has been translated into at least 64 different languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek. With so many new [...]