Founder and CEO of Day Translations and a lifelong polyglot. A former hospital and legal interpreter whose entire career has been built around language, communication, and international business.
Founder & CEO
Founder and CEO of Day Translations and a lifelong polyglot. A former hospital and legal interpreter whose entire career has been built around language, communication, and international business.
About
ean Hopwood is the founder and CEO of Day Translations, which he has led for nearly two decades into a global network of certified translators and interpreters that operates across 100+ cities and 500+ languages. He is a lifelong polyglot who speaks seven languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic, German, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
His entire professional life has revolved around languages, communication, and international business. Long before he built the company, and while running it, Sean worked on the front lines of language access. He has interpreted in hospitals, interpreted for law firms, taught English to graduate students, and worked as a guidance counselor helping international students find their way into U.S. colleges.
That hands-on experience, sitting with the patients, attorneys, and students who simply needed to be understood, is the foundation of everything Day Translations does today and a big part of what sets the company apart. His writing here covers leadership, the language industry, and the future of cross-cultural communication.
The archiveEvery byline
In the past, workers put a priority on tasks, to ensure that work that should be done first is given all the attention until it is finished. Priority was first used in the 1400s. It’s a singular word that equates to something being the first…
More voices
Linguists, translators, and engineers writing on language, culture, and the craft of being understood.
Do you ever wonder what it’s like to have a remote job that gives you the chance to be mobile and live anywhere you like? The Internet, mobile devices and advanced communication technology all contribute to increasing your productivity. Ideally, these developments allow you to…
Thanksgiving Day is the first of the two holidays in the fourth weekend of November. The other one is Black Friday. The occasion is celebrated each year, with most families preparing and sharing a holiday feast with roast turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pies, pickles and…
The e-era or electronic era is upon us. It’s the age of email, e-books, e-cigarettes, e-commerce … e-everything. Technology is playing a significant role in many aspects of everyday life. In fact, several sectors have already been reshaped as technology played a more prominent role…
The world may have become smaller for many businesses due to globalization but not understanding the cultural differences when dealing with new cultures can hinder the growth of a business. Globalization demands working with different cultures, whether it is between colleagues at work or business…
Is the term smart learning environment new to you? Maybe it is because it is still in the infancy stage. It does sound like a virtual environment but in reality, smart learning environments are physical spaces. It is intensified with components that are context-specific and…
Did you know that October 3 is designated as the National Techies Day? There aren’t that many authoritative sources of information about this celebration. A Wikipedia page is yet to be created for it. Still, it’s interesting to learn more about this day intended for…
Most comic book content is culture-specific, which is one of the reasons why comic book translation is often a complex process. Translation is essential for literary enjoyment and understanding comic book stories old and new, from the perspectives of foreign authors, widens your knowledge of…
Although it is difficult to enter the United States as an immigrant, the U.S. still offers citizens of many countries other options to legally immigrate and become United States citizens. One of the options is the U.S. Diversity Immigrant Visa Program or the DV Program….
Countries such as the United States with a significant immigrant population need to provide language services to different groups of people such as phone interpreting for hospitals and translation of information in healthcare facilities. Modes of interpretation in healthcare In healthcare, three modes of interpretations…
This article is part of our Complete Guide to Localization, check it out for a more comprehensive approach to this practice. ___________________________________________________________ Maybe it’s because they are industry terms that many clients believe that website localization and website translation are similar services. As they are…
Companies today are into going global, which means dealing with different cultures, and working with a professional translation company can be of great help to a business owner. When a company decides to go global, it is going to market to a wide variety of…
