Continuing at full operation during the COVID-19 pandemic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text c_id=”.vc_1587006593942″]In a matter of months, COVID-19 has spread around the world with the WHO declaring it a pandemic. It is, of course, a scary and difficult time for many, including many businesses around the world that have had to suspend operation due to various lockdown laws limiting public life in this healthcare crisis. However, […]
Coronavirus and Language Barriers: How to React in a Health Crisis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text c_id=”.vc_1587006980002″] The global village in which we live has innumerable benefits, making the world smaller and more connected than ever. However, periods of crisis like the recent coronavirus outbreak highlight our vulnerabilities in this system and draw attention to linguistic misunderstandings that can lead to devastating results. The recent outbreak has shown how the […]
The Essentials of Multilingual Social Media – Transpanish
Social media platforms are excellent tools for promoting your brand around the world. However, to truly internationally promote your brand, it’s essential that your content is suitable for your target audiences. Of course, this means having content that will resonate with and attract your audience, but it also relates to actually speaking your audience’s language. […]
Why Good Translation for Your Online Content Is So Important
In an age when more business is done online instead of face-to-face, writing correctly has never been so important for making a good impression. In today’s world, writing using the correct grammar and avoiding silly spelling mistakes is as key to coming across well online as having a firm handshake in the analog business world. […]
Top Ten Untranslatable Words for International Translation Day
Every year, on 30 September, people around the world honor the art of translation with International Translation Day. It marks the feast day of St. Jerome, the patron saint of translation, who dedicated over two decades of his life in the 4th century to translating the Bible into Latin. Of course, there are often difficulties […]
The Rise of Spanish as a Second Language
With 21 countries listing Spanish as an official language, and with it being a de facto language on nearly every continent, there’s a good reason to learn it. With 577 million speakers around the world, Spanish is the second most spoken language on earth, after Mandarin, and this figure is only set to increase. Not […]
How Latin America’s Indigenous Languages Are Under Threat
Latin America is one of the most linguistically diverse places on the planet but like so many other places around the world, vast swathes of its indigenous languages are under threat of extinction by global languages like Spanish and Portuguese. Brazil alone risks losing a third of its nearly 200 languages by 2030. Meanwhile, in […]
What Steps Should You Follow to Get a Successful Translation?
Feeling overwhelmed by the translation process? Don’t know how or where to start? One of Transpanish’s priorities is to educate customers so that they get the best translation service without any unpleasant surprises that could jeopardize their project. That’s why we’ve come up with the following tips to help you make the right decisions for […]
How US Politicians “Hispander” to the Latino Vote
The Hispanic population constitutes the largest minority group in the United States, if one counts the population as one ethnic group, and this is only forecast to increase. As such, the Spanish language is not only an increasingly important language in the US for the country’s corporate and cultural spheres but also its politics. In […]
How Should Translators Approach Content Too Complex for Its Intended Audience?
Language can be hard at the best of times, but paradoxically at the times when communication is the most important, all meaning can be lost in jargon for the average reader. This is a common phenomenon in fields like the civil service, finance and health care, all of which affect every person on the planet. […]
