The United States has been known worldwide as a melting pot for more than 400 years. The migration of people from West and East alike has created the most diverse culture on the planet. People with roots in nearly every country and region on the
Image courtesy of ddpavumba / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Localization is the process of adapting printed or electronic materials, hardware or software products or oral presentations to another language or specific culture. Known as L10N in the language service business for L followed by 10 letters and ending
Unlike technical and instructional documents that must be carefully translated to convey exactly the same information from one language to another, advertising, other marketing materials and even video games require a more creative style of translation. The intention is to evoke the same emotional response
Translation is the written conversion of text in the source language to text in the target language. The word is derived from the Latin word translatus, “to carry over”. The first preserved example of translation dates back about 3,300 years ago when the Treaty of
Since the dawn of man, development of language has been the single most important to separate him from the other animal on the planet – and each other. As cultures rose, those with the ‘gift’ to learn another language became valued assets to the leadership.