The residents of Los Angeles live to the proximity of the offices of several countries’ consulate generals. It is convenient for them to deliver the requested documents. If they have been asked to provide the translation of their birth certificate, for example, they can pick it up from a local translation company and drop it… Read More »Document Translations for Consulate Generals
The European Commission (ec.europa.eu) has been asked to recognize Russian as an official language. Activists who are part of the European Russian Alliance have been driven to start a campaign to collect a million signatures because the EU rules allow a language to become official as long as this requirement is met. If Russian receives… Read More »Collecting Votes for the Russian Language
The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry in Indonesia has released a website in the Mandarin language. The purpose of this website is to provide detailed information about Indonesia as a tourism destination for Chinese-speaking travelers. Mari Pangestu has stated that the new website is not the translation of the previous website. Rather than using professional… Read More »Indonesia Targets Chinese Tourists
In order to celebrate its position as the year’s European Capital of Culture Marseille opened a museum in June. Although the facility is supposed to serve the entire European community, its exhibitions are labeled in the French language only. English, the global language of education and business, is surprisingly absent from the museum’s signage. Many… Read More »Trends in Language Proficiency Levels
Portugal has tried to increase the presence of immigrants in the country in order to improve its economy. In its efforts it has introduced the golden visas, which are designed to encourage large investments in Portugal. In order to prove eligibility for this type of visa foreigners have to present several documents. If the text… Read More »Portuguese Immigration Issues Golden Visas
American companies that want to recruit employees in China are often overwhelmed by the process of hiring, retaining, and terminating laborers. They are tempted to write job descriptions that are similar to the ones they use to recruit employees in the United States and then have a translator who specializes in legal translation services translate… Read More »A U.S Firm’s New Staff in China
Some scholars believe that Iranians are misunderstood in the West. They claim that language barriers have resulted in misunderstandings and conflict between Iran and the United States. Although foreigners can employ translators who provide professional Persian translation services to communicate with Iranians, they can never replicate a relationship they could establish if they could speak… Read More »Studying Iran and the Iranian Heritage
Google Play has launched its first TV show hub in Japan. Google Japan has introduced the highlights of the TV store, which offers both rental and full-purchase media, on its blog. Japan is the third nation to receive TV shows on Google Play. The viewers can now watch translated and subtitled content including drama and… Read More »Japan, the Third Country after the United States and UK
Recently China’s sports market has opened up, providing clubs overseas an opportunity to build a fan base in the country. Several soccer clubs have been eager to enter the Chinese market but none had sought professional translation for Chinese until now. They often tried to reach out and communicate with their fans around the world… Read More »Liverpool FC Enhances its Relationship with Chinese fans
Schools in Italy have reported that an increasing number of foreign born students are enrolling in their programs. In the 2012-2013 academic year the percentage of foreigners in Italian schools grew 4.1%. Those who have attended high school in a non-Italian speaking country have to seek professional translation for Italian in order to apply to… Read More »The Presence of Foreigners in Italian Schools