Translation tips
Translating Renewable Technologies: What You Need to Know
Working Toward a Sustainable Future Renewable technologies have emerged as a crucial element of the transition to a more sustainable future. As these technologies become more widespread around the world, accurate and effective translations of technical and marketing documents will play an essential role in the shift to efficient and [...]
Tips for Translating Sustainability Reports
Introduction Sustainability is an increasingly important topic, both for individuals and for companies. Companies that want to show their commitment to sustainability can do so by publishing a sustainability report. These reports demonstrate the company’s values and highlight its goals in relation to the environment, society, and governance (ESG). However, [...]
Vive la difference: Translating Successfully for the Swiss Market
Translating for the Swiss market Translating for the Swiss market presents unique challenges. Among other things, Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. The largest language group, accounting for more than 60% of the Swiss population, is German. However, the German spoken in Switzerland differs in several [...]
Gender-neutral German nouns: How to be inclusive
Inspired by a recent question from one of our freelance translators about inclusive / gender-neutral language in German (below—feel free to skip past it if you don’t read German), I’d like to delve into the topic of “Gendern” as it’s become known. Translator: …ich frage mich, wie dieser Kunde es [...]
How do you get a quality technical translation?
When people hear that you work as a translator, the default assumption—once they understand that you work with the written word, not spoken language—is that your days are filled with literature and poetry, or maybe subtitles for a film or TV series. But creative works are only a tiny sliver [...]
Strategies for Translating Prepositions in German-to-English Translations
Anyone who has translated a text from one language to another knows that a word-for-word replacement won’t do. This is one of the many exciting challenges of translation: using different strategies to communicate the meaning of a text from one language to another. The task of the translator is to [...]
No need to leave every stone in place
Fifteen years ago, I joined two amazing freelance translators to give a presentation at the American Translators Association annual conference. One of the two, Celia Bohannon, is a top-notch German-to-English translator and editor, and an excellent writer. She and I also worked together for many years as graders for the [...]
5 tips for top-notch corporate magazine translations
Corporate magazines are an essential tool of corporate communications, both internal and external. International companies often like to produce content in different languages for the various regions and countries where they are present. When it comes to ensuring superior magazine content, professional translators are the only way to go. They [...]
Translating Renewable Technologies: What You Need to Know
Working Toward a Sustainable Future Renewable technologies have emerged as a crucial element of the transition to a more sustainable future. As these technologies become more widespread around the world, accurate and effective translations of technical and marketing documents will play an essential role in the shift to efficient and [...]
Tips for Translating Sustainability Reports
Introduction Sustainability is an increasingly important topic, both for individuals and for companies. Companies that want to show their commitment to sustainability can do so by publishing a sustainability report. These reports demonstrate the company’s values and highlight its goals in relation to the environment, society, and governance (ESG). However, [...]
Vive la difference: Translating Successfully for the Swiss Market
Translating for the Swiss market Translating for the Swiss market presents unique challenges. Among other things, Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. The largest language group, accounting for more than 60% of the Swiss population, is German. However, the German spoken in Switzerland differs in several [...]
Gender-neutral German nouns: How to be inclusive
Inspired by a recent question from one of our freelance translators about inclusive / gender-neutral language in German (below—feel free to skip past it if you don’t read German), I’d like to delve into the topic of “Gendern” as it’s become known. Translator: …ich frage mich, wie dieser Kunde es [...]
How do you get a quality technical translation?
When people hear that you work as a translator, the default assumption—once they understand that you work with the written word, not spoken language—is that your days are filled with literature and poetry, or maybe subtitles for a film or TV series. But creative works are only a tiny sliver [...]
Strategies for Translating Prepositions in German-to-English Translations
Anyone who has translated a text from one language to another knows that a word-for-word replacement won’t do. This is one of the many exciting challenges of translation: using different strategies to communicate the meaning of a text from one language to another. The task of the translator is to [...]
No need to leave every stone in place
Fifteen years ago, I joined two amazing freelance translators to give a presentation at the American Translators Association annual conference. One of the two, Celia Bohannon, is a top-notch German-to-English translator and editor, and an excellent writer. She and I also worked together for many years as graders for the [...]
5 tips for top-notch corporate magazine translations
Corporate magazines are an essential tool of corporate communications, both internal and external. International companies often like to produce content in different languages for the various regions and countries where they are present. When it comes to ensuring superior magazine content, professional translators are the only way to go. They [...]