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Translation game to be released in 2018
4th April 2018
Exciting news from Cambridge-based inkle, who are creating Heaven’s Vault, a game where you uncover a lost past and decipher a lost language. It’s a great adventure game, featuring archaeologist Aliya Elasra and Six, her wheeled, semi-humanoid robot assistant. Aliya and Six explore The Nebula, an ancient network of scattered moons, finding cities and buildings […]
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Football: Argentina play Italy in Manchester on 23rd March
22nd March 2018
Argentina play Italy in a friendly here in Manchester on Friday 23rd March. Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup this summer, but Argentina have qualified, and see this match as an important part of their preparation for the World Cup Finals in Russia. Argentina’s manager Jorge Sampaoli is looking forward to a great […]
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Translating Chinese menus
14th March 2018
Travellers often have some photos of funny translations they have seen in China or other countries. We’ve got a great example here! Chinese food names use Chinese characters that have positive associations. They are very atmospheric, but may not be a description of the actual food contained in the dish. This is one reason why […]
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Football club uses automatic translation with disastrous results
31st January 2018
The Argentine football club Independiente used an automatic translation software to translate footballer Bryan Cabeza’s transfer contract, but mistakes made by the translation software caused the transfer to fall through. Independiente were seeking to re-sign 20 year-old Ecuadorian Cabezas from Atalanta of Italy. He had previously played at Independiente, then transferred to Atalanta in 2016. After […]
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Trust your translation agency
25th January 2018
We’ve created an ebook about getting good translations and this is Step 7 – Trust your translation agency. It can be hard to find a translation agency to meet all your requirements, and even harder to trust them with all aspects of translating your legal documents, marketing materials, manuals or your emails. Hopefully our good […]
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Free translation software – what’s not to like?
24th November 2017
The dangers of using free translation software have been highlighted recently by the discovery of private company information online. Statoil ASA, a Norwegian multinational oil and gas company, had used a free online translation software to translate documents including contracts, downsizing plans and dismissal notices. This was discovered when a researcher Googled the company’s name […]
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