Localising Content for Japanese SEO Courtesy of globalization, businesses are increasingly looking to expand their reach beyond their...

What is The Interpretive Theory of Translation? Translation is a greatly misunderstood and underestimated discipline. It is a practice...

Translation rates: Making sense of cents Most people probably believe that they are underpaid and that their work is undervalued....

New JTF board member appointed We have an important announcement! Kaori Myatt our Director has recently been appointed as a director of...

Beyond text: the importance of external research to the quality of translation outputs in Japanese Google first introduced neural...

Why Linguistic Quality Assurance Matters Poor quality translations can cause considerable embarrassment to any brand and are unlikely to...

Infamous and hilarious translation disasters Translation is an art, a science and a minefield! Get it right and nobody notices. Get it...

Internationalisation in DITA (and how to deal with Japanese index terms) Companies generate enormous amounts of data and technical...

SLV or MLV? That is the question! Translation and localisation projects vary dramatically in size, scope and character. Happily, language...

Five Tips For Localising Software Strings Into Japanese A polished and professional website is good to go and ready to impress. The...

Proofreading Japanese: Why it’s Essential In everything from instruction manuals to marketing copy, proofreading is essential to identify...

How much of your annual budget do you spend on marketing? According to  analysis by Deloitte  published in the Wall Street Journal, the...

To many people around the world, videogames will always be inextricably linked with Japan. Japanese firms Sony and Nintendo have...

Japan’s secret weapon against COVID-19 A massive outbreak of COVID-19 cases has thus far failed to materialise in Japan. As of 15 April...

Is multilingual social media for you? Increasingly, people turn to social media platforms to learn about different cultures, cuisines,...

Beyond Translation (Part 1): Language services go beyond document translation Ten years ago, language services largely centred on...

Translation project managers are crucial to the success of all translation projects. Vital members of translation teams, they oversee...