How does culture affect meaning in translation? by Target Language Translation Services - December 01 2021 Translation is important in understanding ideas from another culture, which involves far more than exchanging words from one language to another. Words rarely have a one-to-one relationship, but there are more concepts that are translated. It is important to realize that culture and language ...
Website Localization for the Holidays by Target Language Translation Services - December 15 2021 The holidays are here! For example, in the U.S. people celebrate Thanksgiving, which is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with loved ones and enjoy good food. The day after is the unofficial shopping holiday of the year, Black Friday, where U.S. residents pack the stores in search of deals. A few d...
What Are Tonal Languages? by Target Language Translation Services - December 31 2021 Learning another language is fascinating for a lot of reasons, but a particularly cool thing to observe is how other languages do things that your mother tongue doesn’t. A phenomenon particularly interesting to people who don’t speak them is tonal languages, or tone languages. If you know only one thing about tona...
Do I need to translate the annual accounts? by Target Language Translation Services - January 04 2022 We’ve almost arrived at the moment numerous companies have been waiting for: the filing of their annual accounts. It’s a good idea to file these, especially if you want to avoid some nasty fines. All companies are required to file their annual accounts and all related documents in one of the ...
Should we translate proper nouns? by Target Language Translation Services - January 21 2022 Each language has its own grammatical rules, alphabet and system of pronunciation. For this reason personal names or names of places can change depending on these rules. Most people can understand what we mean when we say Thomas Alva Edison. However, actually it changes depending on the language you are spe...