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Campaign For Fair Translation Pricing
Welcome to this short article. In it we cover three areas of our industry which can cause confusion and lead to customers paying over the odds for translation services.
We share tips on what to look out for and present countermeasures you can deploy to protect yourself against costly mistakes.
“Campaign for Fair Translation Pricing” is […]
Interpreting Without Tears
There are several different types of interpreting. Simultaneous interpreting is the one which most people are familiar with if they have seen interpreters in use at large conferences such as those held by the United Nations.
One person speaks and many listen through headphones. Simultaneous interpreters sit in a sound-proof booth and interpret in real-time.
Simultaneous interpreting […]
Translation Without Tears
Kadin Hastaliklari Ltd, the Turkish import/export medical devise company has suffered in the past as a result of poor translations.
A few years ago the company attempted to import from the Czech Republic but had trouble reaching anyone through the details listed on the Czech company’s web site.
With no contacts in the Czech Republic and no […]
Guanxi. The First Word in Chinese Trade
A colleague once told me that a good indicator of economic confidence was the number of construction cranes on the skyline. If he’s correct, Beijing is feeling good about its prospects, very good in fact.
According to figures recently published by the Associated Press, China’s economy grew at a blistering 9.4 percent in the first three […]
