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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Six tips to create a high-quality legal translation
When it comes to highly specialized fields such as medicine, engineering, finance or law, translation has proven to be challenging. It’s no secret that translators who want to work in…
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Legal Translation in Canada: Understanding the Differences Between Civil Law and Common Law
A large grocery store chain from Toronto, Local Groceries Inc., wants to expand its specialty supermarket network by selling franchise in Quebec under the Aliments de chez nous banner. Management…
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Ask the Expert: Everything You Need to Know About Subtitling
Subtitling is a field of translation that has a lot of specific terminology, tools and technical requirements around it. To demystify the process for our clients and for aspiring subtitlers,…
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Three Ways Bill 96 Will Affect Quebec Businesses (And How You Can Be Ready for It)
What is Bill 96? Last spring, the Quebec Government tabled Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec. Its purpose is to ensure that French…
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How to Brief Your Copywriter
What Is a Copywriting Brief and Why Is It Important? When working with a copywriter, whether they’re in-house or an external vendor, you need to give them information so they…
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How to Make Your Writing More Gender Inclusive
What Is Gender-Inclusive Language? Using gender-inclusive language means choosing words and expressions that include people of all genders (women, men, nonbinary people, and so on). It means avoiding generic masculine…
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OXO Innovation Acquires Vinkit
We are excited to announce that OXO Innovation has acquired Montreal-based translation company Vinkit. Vinkit was founded seven years ago by Joëlle Parent-Proulx to provide translation services that would help…
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