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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Best Practices for Website Localization
What is localization? Localization is the process of adapting the content of a website, app, video game, etc. to a specific country or region. Localization thus involves translating the language,…
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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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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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Glossary of Translation Industry Terms
If you are new to the localization industry, we hope you will enjoy this brief localization glossary with some frequently used words and phrases. Related readingsWhy Terminology Management is Critical…
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Top 10 Multimedia Localization Best Practices for Latin America
Every day, more and more business managers and professional communicators look for resources to localize multimedia content for Latin America. Considering the expense of producing the content, and the size…
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Maintaining Work-Life Balance as a Freelance Translator? Mais oui!
Like many other freelance workers and entrepreneurs, you probably struggle to maintain a proper life balance, especially if you work from home. You are not alone! I mean, just take…
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Why Gender-Inclusive Language Matters
There are many women who don’t mind the generic use of masculine pronouns and words like “mankind” as a default. After all, laws that use “he” still protect their rights,…
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Impossible Deadline? Talk to Us.
For OXO’s Montréal team, there are two Nuit Blanche in late winter: the well-known nocturnal arts festival as part of Montréal en Lumière, and the budget report translation. The latter doesn’t…
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