Understanding the most important step in website translation is key

We translate a large number of websites each year and the most common mistake we find is that client’s don’t think about the flow of data until it is too late. (more…)

Strategies for translation challenges in school districts

Many school districts across the country face increasing demands on teachers and administrators to communicate with students and parents that have limited or no ability to speak English. (more…)

Argo Translation, Inc. Introduces New Machine Translation Service, ArgoMT

Argo Translation, Inc. announced the release of a new service called ArgoMT. ArgoMT is a machine translation service for low-risk documents. (more…)

How long does it take to translate a document?

Are you done yet?… How about now?  From the viewpoint of our customers, the most important aspects of a project are the cost and time required for a project.
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Argo adopts new cloud based file archive system

We have recently completed an extensive integration of our translation production and accounting platform with the cloud-based file archive solution, box.net. (more…)

A great example of how a professional linguist adds value to a translation

An old colleague of mine from Marquette Electronics recently wrote and asked if we could translate a personal note that was inside a German Prayer book that was given to his mother as a confirmation gift back in 1932. (more…)

The high cost of tweaks to content

I was preparing a quotation for a client today and the question came up – “Why aren’t the number of 100% match deductions higher? I was sure we didn’t make many changes to the content.” (more…)

University of Illinois features new Center for Translation Studies

Elizabeth Lowe heads the new Center for Translation Studies at the U of I.  The increase in demand for qualified linguists to fill the roles of translators and interpreters in security, non-governmental organizations (like language service providers), courts, health care, international publishing and the software industry makes this new center a very timely addition to the university. (more…)

Per word price for translation? – Useless information.

We often get requests for a per word cost for translation. Here is why this is useless information. (more…)

Top ten spoken languages of the world

There was an interesting post on the Listverse site this morning that listed the top ten most spoken languages of the world. (more…)