Movies and series can be a great way to practice your language skills and to travel (at least virtually) to different countries. Provided...

Not everyone working as a translator realises that in order to be a good translator, you also need to be a good (or perhaps even an...

Oh, how I was amused when I stumbled across this post on social media: “Marine Le Pen”, announces the headline, “wants to ban foreign...

Ever accused someone of being deaf: “Are you deaf, or what?” Ever scoffed at someone for being “so lame”? How does it sound when put like...

We can all agree that there are some things in life that can be enjoyed by all ages, and animation movies are definitely one of them....

I’ll let you in on a secret: I did actually just google how to add emojis to Word documents. I wasn’t even sure it was possible. But it...

If podcasts were a person, they’d definitely be the new cool nerd kid on the digital block. A kid with an insatiable curiosity for the...

It was on a recent walk with my daughter that the idea for this blog came about. She was picking the petals off a daisy, one by one, and...

If translation is a form of art, as we often like to say here at Launch in Translation, then each language is the clay we mould to create...

Today, most online sellers are on popular online selling platforms like Amazon (or are considering this instead of building their own...

Achieving the right tone of voice when translating or transcreating marketing materials for a brand is essential, yet tricky. Whether a...

Having two hands does not make you a pianist and knowing two languages does not make you a translator. But to be a translator, you need...

If there’s one word that springs to mind when I think about the definition of “language”, it’s that language is “colourful”. And I don’t...

As we have already discussed in a recent blog about transcreation, an essential component of localisation consists in adapting the...

As you may already know, translating consists of reading and understanding a text in a foreign language to, later, generate a text with...

More and more businesses are turning to social media channels to establish their brands. From the well-known Instagram, Twitter and...

Let’s face it: As linguists, our natural tendency is to translate at all cost. Beyond our mere inclination to protect our own language...

"Are you talkin’ to me?"... The question needs to be raised, for, ever since their transition from silent to “talkies”, movies have given...