Archive for December, 2008

The difference between Translation and Localization

We are often asked the question about the difference between what we do and what regular translation companies do.  Hence I think it’s worth digging a little deeper into the difference between the terms “Translation” and “Localization”.
Translation is the “act of rendering words from one language into another”.  Unfortunately, most of the time this process [...]


Spanish Website localization done right

With so many examples of translations done wrong or localizations that went bad, finding instances of ones done right is very hard to do.
Therefore I was really excited of finding out about Humana and their new Spanish initiative: “Nuestra Salud” (“Our Health”).
We often get asked what the right steps should be when having an English-only [...]