Machine Translation is often looked at with a mixture of distrust and fear, but it is in fact an exciting new technology, and it certainly won’t leave any translators out of a job. In this guide we look at its history, the various...

Facebook Messenger has introduced a language detection system for its AI-powered M Suggests feature. The M Suggests feature was launched in English a couple of months ago, and intelligently recommends features to users, for example recommending the payment feature if it sees...

Siri is getting an update that will introduce a more “human” voice. According to Apple, the digital assistant is used by 375 million different devices each month. Also soon to be introduced is the ability to ask Siri how to say...

The Translation Show takes a look at the different options available to you when translating content for different markets. In this episode, Emily MacKenzie talks to us about glossaries. She explains what a glossary is, why they are important, how to create them,...

Google has added nine more languages to its neural network-powered translation service. Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu are now all covered by the network. The choice of languages shows that Google is keen to tap...

The demand for multilingual webpages is constantly on the rise, and expanding a business internationally requires the help of professional translators and language service providers. In this guide, we look at how you can make both a successful part of your business by...

The Russian search engine Yandex has developed a way to translate some of the world’s rarest languages. Yandex Translate has developed a complex statistical model that understands rare languages by comparing its linguistic patterns with more common languages. It picks up...

The Chinese tech company Qihoo 360 has announced that its search engine 360 Search will start returning translated results from English-language websites. The new service will allow Chinese users, who cannot speak English, to have a search query return results from English...

Google has relaunched its Translates feature in China. The service will be accessible to Chinese users through a mobile app without the need for software to bypass the Great Firewall. Nearly seven years ago, Google moved its Chinese language site to...

There is often confusion when it comes to the key differences between translation, localisation, copywriting and transcreation, which in turn can negatively impact your international digital marketing project and extend turnaround times if the approach needs changing mid-project. We analyse these services and...