Language Metadata (LMT) help localization

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 3 min 20 sec

The world of media and entertainment is huge to say the least. One part of it is the language and translation process, which means that with so much content being…

What lies behind the names of Asian countries: Japan

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 3 min 30 sec

What lies behind the names of Asian countries – Japan The land of the rising sun, Japan is home to a population of 126.3 million people. The country is known…

Trends: Vehicle Voice Control in Asia

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 4 min 30 sec

It’s highly unlikely that the inventors of the first car could have predicted what the current automotive industry landscape looks like today. With highways spanning 12 lanes and more, countless…

Word count vs Character count for Asian languages

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 3 min 50 sec

Writing is an inevitable part of our lives. Professional writers, in particular, face the challenge of writing texts for a specific audience with a limited number of words. Whether blog…

E-commerce from the LSP’s perspective

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 5 min 30 sec

Ever since the first item was sold online a couple of decades ago, online shopping has become so popular that global online retail sales have more than tripled since 2014…

Data Annotation for Chinese Language

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 2 min 50 sec

It is no secret that in our ever-growing industry the need for automation, AI and modern technologies is a thing that pulls us forward. At the same time these might…

Sales Strategy for the Translation Industry

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 3 min 50 sec

With the continued growth of the translation industry, there is a need for a new species of employees in almost every company we know. These are sales people and the…

CAT Tools: diversity matters

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 3 min 20 sec

It doesn’t really matter if you’ve been in the translation industry for long or you only touched it briefly, the one thing that always gets stuck in your mind is…

Why should I sell Asian languages?

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 3 min 30 sec

If you are the Executive Director of a translation company and one of your main goals is to continue and secure the well-being of all your employees along with maintaining…

PMs Perspective: top 5 questions about Asian languages

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 5 min 00 sec

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while now and the topic has undergone quite a few transformations. My favorites were along the lines of “Top 5 questions about…

Top 3 steps to add Asian languages to your portfolio

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 3 min 20 sec

Truth to be told, while the industry is evolving and growth is something we are used to, the model of securing a successful lead flow into the company only by…

All you need to know about Audiovisual Translation

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 4 min 55 sec

The global streaming service, Netflix had 207.64 million paid subscribers worldwide in the first quarter of 2021, with most of the company’s subscribers being based in the US and Canada…

Machine Translation Quality Assessment

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 4 min 50 sec

The world of translation has never been an easy one to navigate, and it has grown in complexity over the last few decades. One of the outgrowths of translations has…

Cryptocurrencies in Asia: case-studies, trends and challenges

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 6 min 10 sec

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…

Marketing in China Uncovered

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 6 min 50 sec

No-one can deny that at any moment during the last year and a half China is a hot spot. Pandemic or not, the country is an attractive opportunity for both…

Interesting phrases in Malay for your business

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 3 min 30 sec

Located in southeast Asia, Malaysia occupies parts of the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo. The beautiful country is known for its beaches, rainforests, and mix of Malay, Chinese,…

Medical Translation 101

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 5 min 35 sec

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health “is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” whereas medicine is…

Simplified or Traditional: the best Chinese fonts to use

3 years ago
Enitsa Koeva
Est. reading time: 5 min 40 sec

Most of us living in the West are used to the concept of 1 country=1 language=1 alphabet. But when it comes to Chinese things are a bit more complicated. Okay,…

The Enigma: SEO & Asia-Pacific

3 years ago
Gergana Toleva
Est. reading time: 18 min 40 sec

Authors: Don Shin (CEO at 1-StopAsia) & Gergana Toleva (Global Marketing Manager) Note: The article was first published at Multilingual Magazine in their Issue on Asia-Pacific in 2020. It has…

Machine Translation for Hindi – does it work?

3 years ago
Desi Tzoneva
Est. reading time: 3 min 30 sec

It is a well-known fact that India is home to over one billion people, hosting almost one-eighth of the world’s population. The country is rich in diversity and culture, with…