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Insights Sep 23, 2020

How to be truly inclusive with public information during a pandemic

It’s been said many times that the coronavirus pandemic poses one of the greatest translation challenges of our time, but it would be pertinent to highlight that the challenge lies not just in the translation of important healthcare messages, but in the localisation of related campaigns. Along...

Insights Sep 22, 2020

Building bridges with literary translations

Literature offers a sense of escape, particularly when our everyday lives are being restricted, like during the current pandemic. Translated fiction can show you just how big the world is with fascinating, award-winning and best-selling books, available to readers globally. The British population...

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Insights Sep 18, 2020

In the heyday of short-form content, will you still need translation agencies?

Books will never go out of fashion, but as our attention spans shorten as a result of persistent scrolling and an overwhelming amount of fascinating content at our fingertips, long-form content is certainly well past its heyday, and many websites are becoming increasingly direct, brief and snappy....

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Insights Sep 17, 2020

Transcription and subtitling – time-consuming but invaluable

If you’re trying to produce content on a shoestring, you might not take kindly to the suggestion that subtitles and transcripts are crucial. We explain why, despite being time-consuming, these efforts are worthwhile and likely to pay off. Inclusivity Everyone knows that content is king. Most...

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