http://blog.web-translations.com Thoughts, comments & information relating to languages, technology and the web Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://blog.web-translations.com/wp-content/themes/webtrans_v3/images/button.gifhttp://blog.web-translations.comDescription of your blog. http://blog.web-translations.com/meet-the-team-fiona-henderson/ http://blog.web-translations.com/meet-the-team-fiona-henderson/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:38:22 +0000 Fiona http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=2015 http://blog.web-translations.com/meet-the-team-fiona-henderson/feed/ Hi Everyone! I’m Fiona Henderson and I have just joined the Web-Translations team as a Project Coordinator. I was born in Edinburgh and grew up in the nearby seaside town of North Berwick. After studying Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Glasgow, I moved to Leeds to study towards an MA in Applied Translation Studies [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/meet-the-team-dominic-mcgrath/ http://blog.web-translations.com/meet-the-team-dominic-mcgrath/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:16:15 +0000 Dominic http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1983 http://blog.web-translations.com/meet-the-team-dominic-mcgrath/feed/ Meet Dominic, the newest member of the Web-Translations team. http://blog.web-translations.com/in-the-mood-for-foreign-films/ http://blog.web-translations.com/in-the-mood-for-foreign-films/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:22:57 +0000 Malcolm http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1947 http://blog.web-translations.com/in-the-mood-for-foreign-films/feed/ It’s a comment you may have heard expressed before by many native English speakers: despite possessing an interest in foreign films and a willingness to embrace their ‘quirkiness’, it sometimes feels as though you have to be “in the mood” to watch them. After watching a French film the other night and hearing my housemate [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/pre-translation-preparations/ http://blog.web-translations.com/pre-translation-preparations/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:45:54 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1920 http://blog.web-translations.com/pre-translation-preparations/feed/ There is a lot more to translation than meets the eye. Yes, the essence of the process is translating a piece of text from one language into another, but there is a lot more to consider than many people are aware. There are lots of factors that need to be taken into account both before starting [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/domain-names-are-going-global/ http://blog.web-translations.com/domain-names-are-going-global/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:46:26 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1887 http://blog.web-translations.com/domain-names-are-going-global/feed/ Until last year, domain names could only be created using Latin characters a-z and numbers 1-9. This excluded accented characters and scripts such as Arabic, Chinese and Korean. In 2010, the use of non-Latin scripts in domain names was enabled, limited at first to the use of the country’s name in the official language. Just how [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/can-we-communicate-solely-through-gestures/ http://blog.web-translations.com/can-we-communicate-solely-through-gestures/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:00:57 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1856 http://blog.web-translations.com/can-we-communicate-solely-through-gestures/feed/ To those who say communication is key in a successful relationship… Katie Price, aka English glamour model Jordan, has proved you wrong… Just in case you are not up-to-date on Jordan’s latest romantic liaisons, she is currently dating an Argentinian named Leandro Penna.  As reported in The Guardian, in a recent interview she gave, it conspired that the couple [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/how-important-is-it-to-translate-a-website/ http://blog.web-translations.com/how-important-is-it-to-translate-a-website/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:55:50 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1847 http://blog.web-translations.com/how-important-is-it-to-translate-a-website/feed/ In a recent poll, 90% of internet users in Europe would visit a site in their own language when given the choice. Meanwhile, 53% would still use a site if it was in English rather than their native language. However, despite this relatively high figure, these users would not necessarily be happy about the lack [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/translation-and-tourism/ http://blog.web-translations.com/translation-and-tourism/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:55:32 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1832 http://blog.web-translations.com/translation-and-tourism/feed/ Looking at facts and figures relating to tourism in the United Kingdom can give us an insight into why people visit the country, what they look forward to the most, and why they would return.  This is very important in the world of translation, in order to offer services to industries that would benefit the [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/25-things-translators-should-never-do/ http://blog.web-translations.com/25-things-translators-should-never-do/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 15:22:54 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1814 http://blog.web-translations.com/25-things-translators-should-never-do/feed/ I recently read an interesting blog article citing “25 things translators should never do”. Whilst a company’s employees may have a contract or be given guidance by fellow employees or their boss, freelance translators trust their opinion, instinct, business acumen, or all of the above, in order to decide how to behave. This raises the [...] http://blog.web-translations.com/mr-prawo-jazdy/ http://blog.web-translations.com/mr-prawo-jazdy/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 14:41:51 +0000 Eleanor http://blog.web-translations.com/?p=1813 http://blog.web-translations.com/mr-prawo-jazdy/feed/ You would think that, with all the resources they have at their disposal, the police in Ireland would be able to translate text in the blink of an eye, to ensure no embarrassing mistakes are made. It would seem, however, that such mistakes are not always avoided… Back in 2007, police in Ireland took note of [...]