Entries by BURG Translations

Setting up your IP or legal translation for success

The world is smaller than ever. If your company operates abroad, there is a high likelihood that you will eventually need your patent, intellectual property, or legal documents translated. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), patents filed internationally are expected to increase in the near future. More specifically, China is expected to see […]

Writing for a global audience

When targeting an audience as large as the globe, writing becomes exponentially more difficult. Hidden meanings, symbolism, and abbreviations all are easy to get lost in translation. To avoid offending other cultures, losing the overarching ideas in your text, or unintentionally including non-relevant contextual information, you must follow a few writing guidelines.

The future is now: Real-time translation has arrived on Skype

Without a doubt, the world is shrinking. Today’s global business climate involves more deals with overseas clients. More conversations with people in other languages are taking place. And, more partnerships across borders are forming. Conducting business across international time zones is often tedious, though usually beneficial. When you arrange a meeting, you must also arrange […]

Is french the language of the future?

When you think of common languages of the world, French is not one of the first that comes to mind. There’s a good reason for that. French is the sixth most common spoken language in the world. It only takes a backseat to English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic. Now, new reports have a […]

The rise in popularity of machine translation

It’s the start of many memes, jokes, and laughs on the Internet: machine translations. Anyone who has tried to plug a sentence into the Google Translate tool knows that once in a while, a computer struggles to churn out a perfect, grammatically correct translation. While some errors are subtle, many are humorous. In the worst-case […]

The state of the translation industry

Translation services continue to make great advancements. From enhanced machine translations to streamlined human written translations, a lot is happening. Companies in the life sciences, legal, and manufacturing industries see the benefit of this forward movement. What translation services refers to Translation services encompass a variety of types of translation work. The two primary categories […]