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A New Opening for Translators in the Compliance Era: the Skills Behind E-commerce Localisation and Regulatory Translation
With EU product identifiers mandatory from 1 November, demand for multilingual compliance work is rising sharply. What d...
The Clock Is Running on EU Compliance: Building a Multilingual Document Pack for Sellers Exporting to Europe
With product identifiers mandatory from 1 November, sellers exporting to the EU need labels, instructions, declarations ...
Four Weeks to 1 November: Mandatory Product Identifiers in the EU and the Turning Point for Low-value Parcels
From 1 November, customs declarations for low-value goods imported into the EU must carry a product identifier; the €3-p...
She Interpreted at the Asian Games at 20: a Skill Checklist for Sports-event Interpreters
Suzuki Yuna, a 20-year-old Hosei University student, interpreted in English and Russian at rhythmic gymnastics in Nagoya...
Four Practical Lessons on Translation, Learned from the Language Service at the Nagoya Asian Games
Etrans, a Shenzhen translation company, reviewed the language service at the Nagoya Asian Games and drew four practical ...
Nagoya Asian Games Close: the Language Service Behind 40,000 Volunteers, and a Wake-up Call for the Translation Industry
The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games closed on 4 October, China taking 169 gold medals. Language support was a distinct voluntee...
Client Stories: Helping Businesses Communicate Across Borders
Behind every project is a business trying to achieve something concrete. A few representative client stories illustratin...
Learning in an AI Era: Staying Relevant as a Professional Translator
Continuous learning has always mattered in translation; now the pace is set by artificial intelligence. How to develop a...
Post-editing Machine Translation: A Practical Guide for Professional Teams
MTPE is now a standard part of the language mix. How professional teams decide when machine translation fits, define qua...
Pricing Your Work: A Guide for Freelance Translators
Setting rates is one of the hardest and least taught parts of a translation career. The common pricing models, what rate...