New Japan Translation Federation board member appointed
New JTF board member appointed We have an important announcement! Kaori Myatt our Director has recently been appointed as a director of...
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Beyond text: the importance of external research to the quality of translation outputs in Japanese
Beyond text: the importance of external research to the quality of translation outputs in Japanese Google first introduced neural...
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The language of colour
The language of colour There was a time when languages didn’t feature words for individual colours. As languages evolved, words for...
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Client Feature: the ancient Japanese art of tsuiki copperware
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Dynamic equivalence in translation
Dynamic equivalence in translation In his book Toward a Science of Translating, published in 1964, the American linguist Eugene Nida...
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Infamous and hilarious translation disasters
Infamous and hilarious translation disasters Translation is an art, a science and a minefield! Get it right and nobody notices. Get it...
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SLV or MLV? That is the question!
SLV or MLV? That is the question! Translation and localisation projects vary dramatically in size, scope and character. Happily, language...
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Proofreading Japanese: Why it’s Essential
Proofreading Japanese: Why it’s Essential In everything from instruction manuals to marketing copy, proofreading is essential to identify...
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Video game Localization for Japan
To many people around the world, videogames will always be inextricably linked with Japan. Japanese firms Sony and Nintendo have...
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Translating Raindrops
Translating Raindrops Can you think of 1200 ways to describe rain? According to one specialist dictionary on the subject, that’s roughly...
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Has machine translation reached parity with human translation?
Has machine translation reached parity with human translation? There is no doubt that machine translation had improved dramatically....
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Super human translation – why we need translators who are great writers
Super human translation and why we need translators who are great writers Some say that human translation is a thing of the past. As...
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Beyond Translation (Part 1): Language services go beyond translation
Beyond Translation (Part 1): Language services go beyond document translation Ten years ago, language services largely centred on...
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The boutique translation agency: small is beautiful
The boutique translation agency: small is beautiful TransPerfect has acquired Semantix, which reinforces its presence in the Nordic...
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