Receiving criticism about your product or service can be heartwrenching because you put so much effort into it. But it does sometimes happen that there is a glitch and your…
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Resolving Complex Multilingual Feedback
The number of transnational companies is rising, creating many opportunities for economic and business growth. Access to a wide customer base in a location that is not limited to an…
Teddy’s Christmas Campaign
Today, at the most hopeful, wise, and wonderfully bright time of the year, we give the stage to our colleague Teddy (Teodora Todorova). She will tell you her own Christmas…
Specifics about Asian languages and CAT tools that only translators know
It’s well-known that Asian languages cannot be easily classified. They come with complex alphabets, sometimes no spaces between words, in other cases there is simply no punctuation. While Latin-based languages…
Cryptocurrencies in Asia: case-studies, trends and challenges
Sources report that there are over 6,700 cryptocurrencies that are traded publicly, and such currencies continue to abound on the market, raising funds through initial coin offerings (ICOs). As of…
Sticks and Squirrels: the Chinese method of multiplication
As we know, being “good in maths” is something of a talent some people possess. For some, mathematics is easy to understand and for others, it is a real nightmare!…
Lost in translation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
With the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020 this summer, Tokyo is facing a lot of problems, and solutions for them must be found and implemented sooner rather than later. Some of…
Our heroes of the month are our colleagues and all the translators in China!
We all hear a lot about this topic on the News, and it has gotten almost everywhere — coronavirus is a fact all over the world. The red dots on…
Does an ear for music help for language learning?
One of my favourite comparisons, when I talk about Asian languages, is that they sound like a piece of wonderful foreign music. And then I started thinking about it for…
3 Gold Coins, a Leprechaun and Desktop Publishing
A short little man with curly red hair and a long scrappy beard stood behind David who was slouched in a strange uncomfortable position in his chair, steady at work.…
Valentine’s Day and the Importance of Telling the Story of our Culture
Cindy bolted over to Han’s backpack and placed a sticker on one of its straps and then hurried back to her seat. Do you know someone from another country, and…
Our Top 5 Pig Recipes for Chinese New Year 2019
We went ahead and put together 5 of our favorite Chinese New Year dishes. But we didn’t stop there, we also added some suggestions to try along with them. Some…
How to Build Stronger Relationships and Grow as a Company: Part 1
“It’s the collaboration of the many that makes a company a strong force.” We all know how important it is for us to have good relationships with the people we…
David’s Christmas Adventure and how a translation saved the day
After hearing the noise and eventually realizing what had happened to that poor little helper who had to be scraped off of the wall – Mrs. Claus shook her head…
The Joy of Thanksgiving and a Thai Rice Pudding
It was the day before Thanksgiving, and the family had gathered together to help prepare dinner for the big day. The kids prepared the smaller and simpler dishes and the…