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You Need To Save This Glossary of Translation Terms
Glossary of Translation Terms DTP, GILT, LSP, NMT … IDK! That last acronym stands for “I don’t know” and the rest represent some common translation terms. If you feel like you’re swimming in a bowl of alphabet soup after reading that list and you’re in charge of...
12 Things You Need To Do To Make Medical Translation Easy
How to Make Medical Translation Easy When you choose to accommodate your multilingual audience (either because the law requires it or you realize what a good idea it is for your business), there are some medical industry best practices you should know. Here’s a...
Here Is How We Love To Celebrate The Holidays
This time of year, our Avantpage team is getting ready to spend time with their families, partaking in favorite traditions and rituals. Because we have offices in Davis, California, Mexico City and Warsaw, these celebrations are diverse and rich in culture, and we...
How to Think About Translating Gender-Specific Words
Translating Gender-Specific Words Since the 1970s, numerous sociolinguistic studies have demonstrated the effect of grammatical gender on the assumptions a listener makes. In English, this is illustrated in the famous test in which a father...
3 Big Voter’s Choice Act Questions You Need to Think About
The California Voter's Choice Act (VCA) has every county election official in the state thinking about how this new law will apply and change longstanding processes. While Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo counties will be the first to implement the law...
How to Break Up with Your Language Service Provider
It may seem counterintuitive for a language service provider such as Avantpage to write a post about how to break up with your translation company. But, after more than 20 years in the business, we've seen it all, and we know how hard it can be to transition to a new...