The in-house editorial team at Day Translations — linguists, translators, and localization specialists writing the pieces no single byline owns.
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he Day Translations Editorial Team is the in-house desk behind the unsigned features on this blog: industry explainers, language guides, country and culture briefs, and the kind of evergreen reference work that needs more than one specialist on it. The team brings together certified translators, interpreters, and localization editors with decades of combined experience across 500+ languages, the same network that powers Day Translations' work for governments, courts, hospitals, and global enterprises since 2007. Every piece published under this byline is researched, written, and reviewed by working linguists on staff, then edited against the same standards we apply to client work. When you see this name on a story, it means more than one expert stood behind the words.
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Neuroscience has come a long way in providing us some amazing information about our brains. We have scans that can actually show which parts of our brains are active during our outward activity. Reading, drawing, problem-solving, making decisions, exhibiting emotional responses and even learning a…
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Linguists, translators, and engineers writing on language, culture, and the craft of being understood.
The in-house editorial team at Day Translations — linguists, translators, and localization specialists writing the pieces no single byline owns.
This piece is a sub-page of our Ultimate Guide to Localization article, check it out for a more comprehensive approach to L10N and what it involves. __________________________________________________ The terms localization and internationalization are referred to in the same context, but do not mean the same….
If you’re lucky enough to be born into a bilingual family and speak both languages fluently, or you lived in another country and have an aptitude for languages, you could consider a career in translation. Through their agility with words, translators play a crucial role…
Arabic is a fascinating language. It’s the language that gave humanity the word “zero”, the 1001 Nights (also known as Arabian Nights) and the Qur’an, the sacred book of Muslims. Add to that thousands of love poems, philosophy books and mathematical studies, and you’re still…
What is history’s earliest recorded translation? Which book or website is the most translated in the world? What translations have had the greatest impact on society? If you’ve ever gazed out the window and pondered such questions about translation, join the club! And look no further, because…
When discussing humanitarian efforts, you might hear the phrase “cultural preservation.” This term encompasses several activities surrounding maintaining ancient cultures from large nations all the way down to small indigenous tribes. Cultural preservation include documenting and studying languages; preserving and restoring historic relics significant to…
America is a nation of immigrants. We owe much of our country’s development to immigrants in history, and our culture continues to deepen in complexity and richness as more people migrate to America’s shores. In 2015, The US was home to 46,630,000 immigrants. In 2015,…
As a language services provider, we’re continually dealing with words. There are over 7,000 languages in the world constituting an incontemplatable amount of words and inspiring speeches among them. When you come to think of it, while knives and guns seem to be among the…
catastrophic translation mistakesTranslation can save lives. Any medical interpreter, including our President and founder Sean Hopwood, is keenly aware of this. With such gravity comes a darker reality, as well: translation mistakes can cost lives. And in some cases, catastrophic translation mistakes have caused unimaginable damage to…
Foreigners can visit or live long-term in Japan and never get over their fascination with failed translation and blatant abuse of English, especially if English is their mother tongue. This phenomenon of Japanese to English mistranslation is commonly referred to as “Engrish.” Japanese to English…
The mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart has continued for decades. It’s been 80 years, in fact, since her plane vanished into thin air, somewhere over the Pacific. However, in a new documentary by the History Channel, Amelia Earhart The Lost Evidence, experts believed…
If you’ve managed to break into an international market, you already have a lot to be proud of. But now you’re facing some new dilemmas. Mainly, language barriers that require business translators on staff to smooth any miscommunication. But how do you maintain effective communication…
