In the highly regulated pharmaceutical landscape, the translation and maintenance of product information for generic medicines is far more than a linguistic exercise. It is a regulatory obligation that demands precision, consistency and adherence to the reference...
Museums today have access to a variety of resources for enriching the visitor experience. Whether it’s brochures, interactive touchscreens, VR headsets or audio guides – the curation of the experience as a whole has become pivotal to securing stable footfall and...
With thousands of languages in existence and each of them boasting a vast vocabulary, there sometimes just isn't the perfect translation for a perfect word. Each language has its own sprinkling of untranslatable words that capture a feeling, tradition or concept that...
With the summer solstice fast approaching, the Nordic nations are gearing up for their famous Midsummer celebrations. Originally held on the 23 June (Midsummer’s Eve) and 24 June, these now take place on a Friday between 19 and 26 June in Sweden and Finland –...
At a purely grammatical level, the question of gender is not much of an issue for modern-day English. In fact, we got rid of grammatical gender many moons ago following the Middle Ages, with feminised nouns such as authoress and poetess having long since fallen out of...
As a translation agency specialising in editorial and literary translation, the Frankfurt Book Fair is a staple on our events calendar. This year, our Director Ana and Head of Production Kasia once again headed over to Germany, laden with copies of just some of the...
It’s not for nothing that household names such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood or Stephen King have had their works translated into numerous languages. It would be wrong to conclude from this, however, that you need to first achieve the same level of acclaim as The...
Chances are, you’ve been to a museum in a foreign-speaking country yet still managed to find an exhibition brochure or audio guide in English. Sure enough, catering to visitors who don’t speak your language is a frequently adopted best practice. Exhibitions at the Van...
As this month draws to a close, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the professional translators, editors and interpreters on our team who deliver top-quality results day in, day out. Taking place every year on 30 September, International Translation Day was...
Oftentimes, we hear outsiders to our industry, quite understandably, use the terms ‘interpreting’ and ‘translation’ as synonyms. Although there are many linguists out there who do provide both services, that isn’t always the case and it’s important to know that there...