Ask the Expert: Managing Clients In The Localization Industry
Client relationship is one of the key aspects of every company. From the quality of the work delivered to the personal touch added to every meeting or e-mail, it’s vital…
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How to Adapt a Recipe for America or Great Britain
Localizing British recipes for an American audience and vice versa is no cakewalk. The two countries have very different culinary cultures and conventions. They use different systems of measurement and…
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¿Tú o vos? ¿Vosotros o Ustedes? An introduction to the different variants of Spanish
With over 577 million speakers worldwide, the amount of localized content in Spanish is escalating quickly and has confirmed its presence in the to-do list of companies that want to…
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Everything You Need to Know About Certified Translators
Maybe you’ve been asked for a certified translation of an official document and you’re not sure what that means. Maybe you’re looking for a translator for your project and you’re…
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The Benefits of Text-to-Speech
Even if you love your job, translation and revision are tasks that require a lot of focus and strain the eyes. As we all know from experience, our focus level…
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The Difference Between Revising, Editing and Proofreading
Language professionals use a lot of different words to describe what they do. We’ve covered some of this jargon in a previous blog post. In this article, we want to…
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When Should You Use Machine Translation?
With the rising ubiquity of artificial intelligence, localization managers and marketing and communications professionals may be wondering when and how they can make the best use of machine translation, and…
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Best Practices for Website Localization
What is localization? Localization, often abbreviated as L10N, is the process of adapting the content of a website, app, video game, etc. to a specific country or region. Localization thus…
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Ask the Expert: Everything You Need to Know About Desktop Publishing
Ever wonder what desktop publishing is exactly or how a translation company deals with multimedia formats? We asked OXO’s Localization Engineer, Eduardo Gama, to give us the deets. Here’s what…
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