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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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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