Notes on document translation, terminology, workflow, and product updates.
Contracts and official letters need Modern Standard Arabic; a social media post for Cairo may sound better in Egyptian Arabic. How to choose, and the small details that tell readers where a text was written.
Read moreJob titles, degrees, grades and dates do not translate word for word. A practical guide to an English CV that a recruiter abroad will understand at first glance.
Read moreBirth certificates, diplomas, court papers and visa files often need a sworn translator. Letters, reports and emails usually do not. How to tell the difference, and how machine translation can still save you time.
Read moreArabic runs right to left, numbers and English names stay left to right, and the text changes length. Here is how to get a clean Arabic PDF, and what to check before you send it.
Read moreCopying text into a translator and pasting it back destroys tables, styles and numbering. Translate the DOCX file itself instead, and check the few places where length changes the page.
Read moreA translation memory remembers every sentence you have approved and offers it again the next time it appears. What it is, how matches work, and how to keep yours clean.
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