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These days there are a host of translation options available to those smart enough to use them. Here, however, we look at some translation mistakes when good translation was sadly underused, with often disastrous results.

Not many people realise just how many of their favourite children’s stories originally started life in another language. The best children’s books have appeal that stretches across boundaries of culture and language. Here are three books that you may have read and enjoyed, countless times, without realising you’ve never read the original.

If you need a voice-over agency to create multiple soundtracks in different languages, there are a few issues to consider to allow the voice-over agency to deliver an effective audio translation.

Translating and subtitling films, whether they’re a big Hollywood blockbuster or a homemade how-to video on YouTube, can make a huge impact on their reach. One new move in translation is to turn the job over to the crowd, allowing a video’s translation to be crowdsourced. However, the results might not be ideal.

There are five common ways to translate video. The method you choose will depend on the size of your budget; the objectives of the video; and the audience’s preferences. We look at the pros and cons of each.

Voice over usage fees can be a confusing subject, so we thought it might be helpful to explain these in a bit more detail. As well as the initial fee payable to a voice artist for the recording of a voice-over (often referred to as the basic session fee or BSF), there may also be ongoing usage fees to be paid to the artist.

As the audio translation industry becomes more technologically advanced, we find ourselves wondering about the future of translation and language services, and the increasing part machines are playing. Let’s look at the latest technological advancements that have been made in the industry.

Scandinavian writers have been fuelling an increasing demand for translated works across the UK, as books by authors from outside Britain get snapped up.