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Do you deal with communication in various different languages, but sometimes find translation and other linguistic challenges a little tricky? If so, then this is the blog for you! Here, we’ll share our knowledge, our insights, practical tips and examples from our everyday life.

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To conquer the world, you need to have your website translated into several languages. There are different ways to proceed. Before you choose one of them, here are a few things you need to know about the most common solutions to localise your website.

If you tend to order translations, you will probably have come across the term certified translation. But what is the difference between a certified translation and a "normal" one?

A number of surveys have shown that we assimilate information in our own language to a much greater extent than in a foreign language, even if we believe that we have good knowledge of the foreign language in question.

Localisation is an important part of translating texts, but it’s not always easy to understand exactly what it involves. In brief, you could say that localisation involves adapting something linguistically and culturally in line with local conditions. In this post, I would like to focus on the purely linguistic perspective.

David Karlsson works for our Sales Support team. Here, he draws up quotations and prepares translation assignments together with our customers. When he receives an enquiry about translating a website, he tries to get as much information as possible and liaises with the customer to find the best way of working. I chatted with David to find out what he does when a customer needs a website translated.

With 45,000 translation projects completed every year, we are used to finding the right translator for each assignment. Naturally, our own database – which currently includes over 1,200 freelance translators – is invaluable in this context. We also work in partnership with more than 300 translation agencies around the world.

Semantix has an extensive network of interpreters for face-to-face and remote interpreting who work on a freelance basis nationwide. Our Vendor Team receives new applications from interpreters with all manner of language combinations on a daily basis. Those who meet our basic requirements may go on to be recruited, and each week we take on a number of new freelance interpreters to carry out assignments for our customers.

Having an interpreter physically present may not always be practical, economical or appropriate, for various reasons. In certain circumstances we can provide a telephone interpreter, but this isn’t always ideal. And traditional video interpreting can sometimes be difficult to arrange due to the availability of the necessary equipment. But we have created a smart and very simple solution for these cases… (drumroll):

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