Should you educate your customers?
Well, the question is not whether to educate or not, but rather what does it mean to educate a customer and how do you do...
Well, the question is not whether to educate or not, but rather what does it mean to educate a customer and how do you do...
You may have thought about creating a website, but then you may have pondered the costs, doubted its effectiveness, and perhaps you realised you don’t...
This is not going to be an article or a long text about translation. Today, I'm here to introduce you to Mr. Kevin Lossner, a...
Project management is like a plane!
Nowadays, it’s all about communication. Whether you are running a small start-up or a big multinational company, one of your main focuses should be communication....
I bought an office chair the other day. It came nicely packed in a little box that makes you wonder whether you bought a chair...
The truth is that, when it comes to language, a small mistake can cause a big problem. There are several issues that can be caused...
Just thought I’d let you know: I was browsing through LinkedIn when something caught my eye: one of those ads you often see on Facebook...
If you’re hosting a meeting or a conference where you’ll have speakers giving talks in different languages, you’ll need interpreting services to make sure nothing...
Bernardo: Well, if you have it in Word format, that would be perfect, so I can put it into my translation software.Client: What? If I...
Let’s start by doing away with this unit of measurement. The Portuguese have a funny tendency to measure things in “palmos” (the length of an...
You wouldn’t believe how often I’m asked if we have sworn translators. There are differences between sworn translations and certified translations. But first: What are...
It’s not only translators that make mistakes - clients do too. Some clients who require translation services have trouble when requesting them because they are...
(And another post by Miguel Almeida, who regularly saves my life.) Is it true that all translators do is type in a foreign language? Can...
The other day we had another interpreting event. This one was 7 booths, 7 languages and 14 interpreters. Big interpreting events are full of life,...
So, your company is doing well, and you have a lot of international customers and partners who you would like to reach effectively. Or maybe...
This is a post by my colleague Miguel Almeida. You can check his LinkedIn at the end of the post. Translation is often invisible, and...
PDF files are the Achilles heel of translators. What's a PDF, anyway? The PDF (portable document format) was created in the 90s by Adobe as...
As translators, there are several things we like about our job, but mostly we like its mobility and flexibility. We've all had that conversation with...
Well... there’s a lot to say about a freelance translator’s CV, so I'll try not to go on. There’s one thing we have to bear...