Featured Translation Articles

A weak dollar and its effects on translation rates and translation prices.

This article tries to address the rising concerns that translation companies and clients have about escalating translation rates and translation prices. While the discussion focuses on U.S based translation companies, due to the size of the U.S. economy the topic touches virtually every translation agency around the globe.

Article’s Author: Michael Malik

Document Translations and Professional Translations: Are Translation Standards Necessary?

This article addresses the question of applying professional translation standards among translation companies. It goes on to define the purpose and contents of professional translation standards both in the US and in the European Union. It concludes with reviewing current trends in professional translations standards and evaluates arising issues that deal with the application of standards (assessment, compliance, certification) from technical, practical, and marketing standpoints.

Article’s Author: Gerard de Angeli