Translation & Interpreting Resources & Articles
- Distinguishing Between True Translation Companies and Translation Broker-Agencies (Last updated April 25, 2024)
- All translation sellers are not created (or operated) equally.
- The Holy Trinity Skill Set for Translation (Last updated April 23, 2024)
- Engagement with your translation provider is the key to verifying whether the people doing your translations have these skills. But substantial engagement with a knowledgeable person at a bulk translation seller is virtually impossible.
- Third-language translators: Be they humans or machines, they demonstrate how you get what you pay for in Japanese-to-English translation. (January 28, 2019)
- Japanese-to-English translators with neither Japanese nor English as a native language can look forward in the near future to replacement by machine translation systems suffering from the same handicap.
- Behind the Curtain in the Translation Industry
- Some things change and some don't.
- Some Sobering Facts about the Translation "Industry"
- Common sense among translators and true translation companies, but probably surprising to many people outside the translation tent.
- Some Basic Facts about the Japanese Language, its Position in the Language Landscape, and Things Translation Consumers Should Learn
- A few basics for people not familiar with the Japanese language, which includes many people in need of Japanese-to-English translation.
- What You Don't Know about your Translation Supply Chain Can Hurt You (June 19, 2020)
- Many aspects of what happens to your documents after you order translations of them remain purposefully hidden from your sight but can affect accuracy, accountability, and security.
- The Use of Seals in Japan (Last updated September 16, 2025)
- Used in place of signatures, seals are dying a hard death in Japan.
- Some Thoughts on the Theft and Unlawful Use of Copyrighted Content (June 8, 2025)
- Some misunderstandings need correcting.
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