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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: January 2014
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Friday, 17 January 2014. What is culturalisation and why should I care about it? Chandler, Heather Maxwell and O'Malley Deming, Stephanie. The Game Localization Handbook, 2nd ed.). It has to be pointed out that, although the quote above refers to games, culturalisation exists in other translation disciplines, such as website localisation. Why culturalise a product? A good example of this is this campaign poster for the Spanish version of the TV programme The Voice, which features presenter Jesús Vázquez:.
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: The cultural dimension in games localisation
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012. The cultural dimension in games localisation. As translators and interpreters know, it is very important to bridge the gap between cultures. In certain disciplines, the meaning and the effect that the text has on the reader is far more important than the words. This is especially true of localisation, which has been defined as the. Proved an extremely effective strategy, making this one of the most successful minigames for the company in the UK. All this has huge implications f...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: What you need to be a games localiser
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Monday, 12 September 2011. What you need to be a games localiser. Getting into… GAMES LOCALISATION. Have you ever wondered why everyone seems to like their Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION3 so much? Whilst games might still not be everyone’s cup of tea, this expansion, which is taking place across many foreign markets, means that there is plenty of work out there for translators interested in the field. Concatenation can be even trickier. In the games localisation industry, it refers to combining several sepa...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: October 2014
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014. How to save money on translation costs – 7 useful tips. Understandably, translation costs can be a concern for a lot of companies. You want to get the best possible results, but sometimes it can be hard with a limited budget. In order to help you make the most of your translation spend, here are some tips that will help you save on translation costs, without compromising the quality of the work. 1 Plan your project with translation in mind. Mind the file formats. As with everyth...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: How to deal with late payments
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Thursday, 8 December 2011. How to deal with late payments. And this is even worse for small translation companies which might have significant outgoings, such as rent, staff salaries and paying their own freelance suppliers. Late payments and the subsequent problems with cash flow could soon become a huge burden which could potentially send the business into bankruptcy. Not all is lost, however, as there are ways you can protect yourself against late payments. If after that second contact you still haven...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: How to save money on translation costs – 7 useful tips
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014. How to save money on translation costs – 7 useful tips. Understandably, translation costs can be a concern for a lot of companies. You want to get the best possible results, but sometimes it can be hard with a limited budget. In order to help you make the most of your translation spend, here are some tips that will help you save on translation costs, without compromising the quality of the work. 1 Plan your project with translation in mind. Mind the file formats. As with everyth...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: Translator-client relationships. Part 2: the client.
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012. Translator-client relationships. Part 2: the client. In which I focused on what translators can do to improve their relationships with their clients, now I would like to explore what those clients can do to make their translator’s life easier and achieve the best possible results. So provide as much information as you can and make your translator’s life much easier; in turn, they won’t have to get in touch with you to ask a lot of questions. In addition, I know it sounds pretty obv...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: Guidelines for globalization and localization. Is there a need for language restriction?
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Wednesday, 7 January 2015. Guidelines for globalization and localization. Is there a need for language restriction? A few weeks ago, we shared Microsoft’s Guidelines for globalization and localization in our Twitter feed, which you can find here: https:/ twitter.com/MediaL0C/status/530688809697296384. And http:/ medialoc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-cultural-dimension-in-games.html. I believe they should. Let me explain myself. A lot of the time, this type of language is right at the core of the produc...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: February 2015
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Tuesday, 3 February 2015. 5 tips for creating multilingual content marketing. 1 Provide a clear brief. 2 Adapt the text to the target culture. 3 Language doesn’t equal culture. 5 Pay attention to the visuals! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The cultural dimension in games localisation. As translators and interpreters know, it is very important to bridge the gap between cultures. In certain disciplines, the meaning and the e. What you need to be a games localiser. How to deal with late payments. In the curren...
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MediaLoc's Translation and Localization Blog: September 2014
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014. It's all about empathy. The concept of empathy has long been discussed in the psychology field. But what is empathy, and what does it have to do with business? According to the Oxford dictionary, empathy is “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another”. While it is clear how that can help personal relationships, it is not always so obvious how that can help businesses, which tend to be focused on bottom lines and other financial metrics. Understand that we̵...
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