CAT Tool Pricing: Is it Worth It? Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools have been part and parcel of the translation business for well over a decade now. Barring the odd Luddite averse to technology or too set in their ways to adapt to new trends in the business or simply refuses to work with modern…
Turkish Interpreting Services When Buying a Property in Turkey Buying a property in Turkey can be a lucrative and smart investment. While Turkey is not in the European Union and do not have a sizable expat community like that of in Spain, Portugal and France, it has several advantages that makes it an ideal place…
Five Public Offices in Turkey where You Need a Sworn Translator As a foreigner living and working in Turkey you can get by reasonably well using your English. While you cannot expect Turkish people to speak English as good as Scandinavian or Dutch people, you can at least make yourself understood with the help of…
Six Unique Advantages of Working Directly with a Freelance Translator When you require English to Turkish translation services in a certain field, perhaps the very first thing you do is enter certain keywords in a search engine and search for a translation agency located in Turkey or elsewhere providing the kind of translation services you…
Futility of Test Translations Translators are often asked to take test translations to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a particular subject matter before being considered for a project or included in the database of a translation agency. To avoid confusion, this article discusses the paid or, more commonly, unpaid test translations that are ordinarily…
Translating English Texts Written by Non-Native Speakers If you’re a professional translator translating from English you should expect more than half of the texts you receive for translation to be written by non-native English speakers. This is especially true if you’re working as an in-house translator in a country like Turkey or as a freelance…
Turkish Human Resources Translation Services As a field of translation, Human Resources (HR) usually falls under the category of Legal Translation. While in most business organizations the departments of Human Resources and Legal Affairs work closely together and share certain characteristics, there are, nevertheless, clear-cut differences between both departments in terms of their respective roles…
Interpreting Services in Turkey As a foreigner living or working in Turkey, you may have to require the services of a Turkish to English Interpreter at some point. While you can manage most of your day to day affairs easily enough by speaking English – that is assuming you’re living in a major city and…
Apostille Certification and Sworn Turkish Translation Services Lately I have been receiving inquiries from clients regarding sworn Turkish translation services for documents requiring apostille certification. In this post, I would like to share my knowledge on the subject as a sworn court translator and try to help clear up some of the questions that potential…
Machine Translation and Turkish Language There is no denying that Artificial Intelligence has come a long way and transformed most industries, including the translation industry. Machine Translation (MT) has become, more or less, an integral part of the translation business with most cloud based CAT tools incorporating MT plug-ins to make use of AI. Unlike…