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Your company profile should engage and attract the right customers for your business. It should gain media attention and entice journalists through their understanding of your mission, products, services, personnel and uniqueness. It’s also integral as an addendum to any business plan – for acquire financing etc. Without a well-crafted profile, you may not attract[…]
Your translations are an extension of both you and your business. They act as an extension of your voice – online, offline and worldwide. They should express themselves just like your business would. Using the correct, approved terminology can help ensure this. Your brand, be it personal or commercial, needs to remain true to the original,[…]
Good copy is part art, part science. Art, because it requires creativity, beauty and style. Science, because it exists in the world of tests, trials, breakthroughs and measurable outcomes. Bad copy is always missing one or both of these elements. Good copy has both in abundance. Storytelling is one of the most effective ways to[…]
A little bit of insight from some of our Sesotho experts. When translating into Sesotho, especially for the Mining industry, there are a few differences between the Sesotho spoken by the Basotho people from Lesotho and the Sesotho spoken by RSA-located speakers. There are two main reasons for this: the orthography (script) used by RSA[…]
We’ve heard there is a new Portuguese orthography in the pipeline, aimed at assisting communication between the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, or CPLC. It seems the new orthography is not mandatory and some regions adopt a mixture of old and new orthography. We’ll keep an eye on this. Until then, we treat every project[…]
Meet another one of our highly-experienced Ndebele translators: Jabajaba. 1. Which languages do you translate and what industries do you specialise in? “IsiNdebele: Education (Literacy, Numeracy and Life Skills), Health, Social, Science.” 2. How long have you been a translator, and how did you get into translation as a career? “8 years. I just had a passion for languages[…]
Vincent is one of our brilliant Ndebele translators and wants to be a pilot. We spoke to him about how he got into translation and asked him for his favourite Ndebele phrase. 1. Which languages do you translate and what industries do you specialise in? “IsiNdebele – Education, Law, Social, Technology, Science and Politics.” 2.[…]
In continuation of our overview of Ndebele, the Encyclopedia of World Cultures and the Columbia Encyclopedia have the following summary to help us understand the history and characteristics of one of our eleven official languages, Ndebele, and the two dialects thereof, Southern Ndebele and Northern Ndebele, or Matabele. Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Overview The people[…]
Web-lingo continues to be driven by translation quality, management efficiency and a cost-effective service. Our new translation and localisation service offerings include: Website localisation: Let us localise your website without any additional development or integration costs. Our FREE plug-in is easily installed, which allows us to extract content from your website CMS (Drupal, Word press[…]
Web-lingo continues to be driven by translation quality, management efficiency and a cost-effective service. Our new translation and localisation service offerings include: Website localisation: Let us localise your website without any additional development or integration costs. Our FREE plug-in is easily installed, which allows us to extract content from your website CMS (Drupal, Word press[…]