One Hour Translation Blog

Translation is a world wide necessity and translators have the entire world as their canvas. With the advent of the internet it is easy for service providers and prospective clients to contact each other. As a freelance translator, you may be working for clients across borders and may be paid in multiple currencies. This blog talks about how to manage such payment which was briefly touched upon in another blog on translation and freelancing.

There are 2 aspects to receiving payments from abroad: one is the mode of receiving payment and the other is managing exchange rate fluctuations. … Continue Reading

If you’re a newly graduated translator-to-be, then you have a lot to look forward to—namely, working in a professional translation agency complete with fully experienced human translation experts and machine translation assistants or setting up your own freelance translation service at the comfort of your own home via the magic of the worldwide web.

Of course, nothing is that simple in life, and you’ll have to exert a lot of effort in order to break into this line of work. Once you do though, it’s well worth the wait, struggles, and difficulties. As such, here are several … Continue Reading

Misfired translations happen quite a lot. Whether it roots from negligence in the worldwide translation industry’s part or just a lack of certain elements in human translation that many a professional translation company is unaware of (that is, cultural awareness and the importance of adaptation and localization), they usually end up in websites spoofing poor translation practices or articles such as this.

Indeed, companies and the translation services under their employ should take a good look at some of the mishaps, blunders, and bloopers that their lot has committed over the years due … Continue Reading

What does it take to become a professional and ethical translator? Is professionalism and ethics something you’re born with or something you need to learn for yourself over a lengthy period of time? Does a professional translator need to join a professional translation firm or an individual translation service in order to succeed? Does professionalism entail constant training in order to achieve a truly high-quality human translation portfolio even though your translation work is decent to begin with?

At any rate, it’s imperative for you to ask yourself what you need to do … Continue Reading

Professional translation has become in demand nowadays. The revolution of the Internet, making the world interconnected, has paved a way for global business to bloom. To help you communicate effectively to the world, you need an efficient translation service.

Professional translation helps bust linguistic differences. It helps marketers bridge the gaps between different cultural backgrounds. English is considered the universal language of business. Then again, it would not hurt if your business gets an extra boost by way of connecting to your target audiences in a more personal, localized level. In fact, it … Continue Reading

Professional translation does not need to be taxing on one’s budget. You see, a lot of people refuse human translation because of an impression that it comes with a heavy price tag. Yes, translation service can be very expensive but only if you are not too smart nor too familiar with how it works.

There are many ways you can reduce your professional translation costs. Below are the top three:

1. Choose your translation service provider well. There are a lot of companies offering professional translation but not all of them are the same in terms of costing. When … Continue Reading
   

Transport service plays a huge role in the success of a country or state’s tourism industry. It is also one of the many aspects of tourism that finds professional translation pretty useful. From airline companies to shipping lines to car rental service, anybody involved in the transportation business would get some useful help from professional translation. An efficient translation service can spell all the difference in the world on the success of a transportation business with tourists.

Of course, the main idea of attracting foreign guests is critical to the tourism industry. Nowadays, people use the Internet for practically everything they … Continue Reading

The translation customers are the top priority of all professional translation service providers. All their needs must be met. Their expectations must be fulfilled. Otherwise, they will seek professional translation service somewhere else. If they do that, a translation service’s credibility is also adversely affected.

The most important key one should remember in satisfying the customer-translator relation and in any kind of relationship for that matter is none other than communication. So, how do you effectively communicate with your professional translation customer? Take a cue from these tips:

Tip #1: Be open with your professional translation customer’s inputs. Hear out what the … Continue Reading