Do you know that it's Saint Valentine's Day today? An interesting fact is that, in Japan, one small translation mistake led to a Valentine’s Day tradition. In the land of the rising sun, it is the women who give men chocolate: and not just to their loved one, but to nearly every man in their social life. It was 1936 when Valentine’s Day was first introduced to Japan by a chocolate company called Morozoff. One of the company's executives learned...
We continue to move forward through the translator's calendar, and it is now time to devote our attention to the essential work of business translators. Translators make an invaluable contribution to enabling a business to become global, and it's a thing! Business translation helps companies to facilitate overseas business partnerships and expand their market reach to sell to global clients. We are very grateful for the service that you, business translators, provide and we'd like to wish you every success...
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, January 17, 2018—Advanced International Translations (AIT) has just released ExactSpent 3D, the latest version of ExactSpent, the personal time-tracking software tool for freelance translators. ExactSpent was created to help freelance translators count their time spent on a particular translation job, thus assisting them to accurately determine the value of the work performed, the equivalent payment, and even their own productivity. Volodymyr Pedchenko, AIT’s Managing Director, says, “Every freelance translator needs to manage their time better doing translation or...
There are only 10 days left until Christmas, and Santa Claus together with the AIT team are ready to bring early holiday joy to hardworking translators. We would like to wish all translation project managers, in-house and freelance translators, quality assurance experts, proofreaders, editors, and translation students around the world peace, joy, and all the best for this wonderful holiday. May this magical time of giving and spending time with family bring you cheer and charge your energy to last...
Thanks to Evelyna Radoslavova (www.TranslationBest.com) the French version of “translator’s calendar” is available. Download and print out the calendar for the new translation year. Download Calendar If you would like to translate it into your own language, contact Tetiana at
If previously you had to hide in the kitchen to celebrate International Translation Day (since the European Community hadn’t officially approved it), now you can come out in the open and throw a party. On May 24, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly officially confirmed that 30 September is International Translation Day, which makes the day even more special. The UN affirmed that professional translation brings nations together, facilitates understanding and collaboration, and strengthens world peace and security. Whether you are...
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