We read hundreds of blogs on umpteen topics every week. They give you a look into other people’s lives and help you make decisions or at least have an idea about what’s already been tried by other bloggers. Blogs are online journals where people express their feelings, opinions or passions and experiences. It is a public forum or more like that living room where everyone is free to put forth their ideas and opinions about anything. A finer version may be called your very own website.
Translation Blogs
But despite all that, what if you don’t understand the language? What if, the language in which the blog is written isn’t legible? Then what?
There’s a solution for that too. There are numerous blogs which are functioning by bringing people closer by translating. These translation blogs hire professional translators who not only translate the words but make sure it’s understandable and in the context provided by the reader so it is understood completely. They perform the interpreting operation for a certain translation cost.
These translation blogs are mini websites that offer professional translation services to people who want to have something converted into an understandable language or something they’re more familiar with. The translation blogs are very popular amongst people who frequently talk to people of foreign ethnicities.
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Here are the most useful and popular translating blogs:
1. Speakt
You are reading this blog now but you can read all the translation articles. This is an internet based translation provider which originates from the UK and Greece. Over the years, it has become a fast-growing and successful in forming a structure, an interface or a bridge which is user friendly. They are amongst the leading translation portals in the world.
The company believes that they must indulge in providing the best quality service. Almost 5000 certified and experienced linguists and translators as well as language fanatics are involved in their team. They hire the top performers from their fields and believe in investing in people.
2. Slator
Slator makes business sense of the translation and language technology markets through news and insights on demand drivers, funding, talent moves, technology and more. Our platforms include the Slator.com website, the SlatorCon conference series, and bespoke events created to foster high-impact discussions with the industry’s key decision-makers. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Slator also has a presence in Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, and London.
3. Proz Translations
One of the most popular translation community. You can learn about Translation news and Stay informed on what is happening in the industry, by sharing and discussing translation industry news stories.
4. Linguagreca.com/blog
They position themselves in the translation bloggers’ industry as a premium online source for Greek Translation site. The combos they offer are English to Greek, French to Greek and German to Greek.
They interact with their followers on twitter (a social media site) on a weekly basis where they share translations blog posts and articles, localization, interpreting, languages, business and social media.
5. Trusted Translations
With the tagline of, “Hope that we can work together again” they are the leading Spanish translation blog. Their main goal is to ensure quality in their service to increase customer satisfaction. But along with quality they also ensure usability, which means whether the translations are done as per their requirements and as they were intended for. They have received 9.7 rating in the trusted translations Inc.
6. SDL
The highest-ranking UK-based company in the list, SDL aligns the need for high-quality translations with an ever-expanding demand for content creation and management.
7. Naked translations
Offers a great mixture of useful tips for translators and interesting notes on the etymology of some words.
8. Translation Times
It sometimes only takes two to make something amazing, similarly it only took two sisters (identical twins for that matter) to be one of the most popular bloggers in the translation field. The languages they work on are German, Spain, English and French. They offer useful tips on how to run the business of translation and interpreting in “The Entrepreneurial Linguist” workshop
9. Tomedes
Updated every week with articles covering translation, interpretation, localization, freelancing, popular culture and more, the Tomedes blog is here to provide your one-stop-shop for all things language-related!
10. My Words for a Change
Nikki Graham’s blog (MA (Cantab), MITI). She is a British national and She lives in the tourist town of Bournemouth on the south coast of England in the United Kingdom. A great blog which includes further details about my services and background, as well as some references from current clients.
11. Training for Translators
With a keen focus on all things in translating, the regularly updated Adventures in Technical Translation blog is a great place to catch up with all the latest translation news
12. Want words
Very good blog. Here you will find a wealth of free resources to help you work on the business side of your freelance translation career.
13. Translator Fun
This blog is for those who would enjoy some posts and cartoons with a heavy dose of humor.
14. Gengo
You can find gengo’s blog here https://gengo.com/blog/. There are a lot of topics that you can find here like Business Insights translation at Ecommerce, things on Travel industry, Media and News field. Learn about the Translator’s Life. Product & Process and Language & Culture and Community News.
15. Transperfect Blog
Here is https://www.transperfect.com/blog one of the most popular blog in the world. You can find a lot of topics like global business or retail & e-commerce. Also travel & hospitality latest news. News about technology and learning.
16. About translation
Offers information, news and opinions about professional translations and you can find anything from ancient translation practices to current translation conferences. The blog is run by Riccardo Schiaffino, who is a certified translator from English into Italian.
17. Transblawg
Blog for dedicated to German-English legal translation and more.
18. Unprofessional Translation
Sounds little bit strange but is very good blog. Here is the place to find curious details about the origin of the translator and interpreter professions.
19. Musings from an overworked translator
This is a blog that successfully combines the serious and the funny parts of the translator’s job. Here you can find useful information about new translators, e-mail etiquette and much more.
20. Mox
Mox is another cure for a long and tedious translation project, when you need some laughter to power you up. The blog offers a series of funny cartoons that present the everyday life of a translator in a humorous manner.
21. The Translator’s Teacup
The Translator’s Teacup is a great blog. Find here amazing posts for translations and different tools for translators.
22. Las 1001 traducciones
If you would like to test your understanding of Spanish, while learning something useful, click on Las 1001 traducciones and enjoy.
23. Signs & Symptoms of Translation
This a blog dedicated to medical translations. It is written by Emma Goldsmith, who is a Spanish to English medical translator.
24. Translators Anonymous
Anonymously famous since November 2012, this blog is run by two translators, most of whom are girls, who sometimes lovingly have a go at each other’s languages. Sharing the everyday neuroses of translating.
25. Transpanish
A blog about translation and languages brought to you by Transpanish, a translation agency with more than 15 years in the industry.
26. Oxford Dictionaries
This blog is not a translation blog per se, but rather a language blog.
27. Thoughts on Translation
Awarded the, “Winner of the 2016 ProZ.com Community Choice award for best blog about translation”, they translate various things, from marketing materials for French business school’s international programs to African custom codes and commentary, questionnaires, website usability, student applications, summaries, discovery documents etc. It is a platform for freelance translators which was formed in February, 2008. It is basically a blog which aids freelancers who are expert in translations and interpretations.
28. Between Translations
By Jayne Fox, a German into English translator, who tries to keep her readers updated with the most useful tips for a professional translator. You can read about the necessary skills of a good translator or which are the best CAT (computer-assiIntralingosted translation) tools and how to use them efficiently.
29. Intralingo
This blog is for those, who deal with and/or love literary translations.
30. Glossarissimo
Another great blog that will help any professional do their work better with its rich database of glossaries.
31. SmartCat
At Smartcat, they’re building a single-loop translation delivery system that is already changing the way the language industry works. It allows all players of the industry to create multilingual content, non-stop.
32. Lionbridge
Lionbridge’s claim of translating more content than any other provider in the world is impressive, and it’s the quality of their translation services that have seen them playing second fiddle only to TransPerfect
33. LanguageLine Solutions
With over 20 years of experience in the language services industry, in terms of sheer size and scale, LanguageLine is the top dog of certified translation. Boasting nearly twice as many full-time employees as their next biggest rival, LanguageLine Solutions operate out of 364 offices neatly spread across the globe.
34. Espressotranslations.net/blog
Espressotranslations is a translation agency that provides professional translation services in a big number of languages. This translation company is comprised of a network of professional translators with tailor-made skills in order to achieve objectives in a professional and timely manner. They have a very user friendly and useful translation blog with many information on Translation Industry.
35. RWS Holdings
RWS has carved its own niche as a world leader in translation, localization, intellectual property support solutions, and life sciences language services. With specialist divisions assigned to unique administrative processes, RWS focuses on the client and customer support
36. Translate plus
A relative minnow compared to some of the much larger companies offering language services, translate plus has experienced tremendous growth in the last few years, placing it firmly in the CSA global top 10.
37. Keywords Studios
Keywords Studios place a strong emphasis on interaction, a vision that is evident from simply landing on the homepage of their website. Keywords Studios support game developers and publishers worldwide and have been around since the very earliest localized games.
38. Appen
Appen specializes in developing training data for various ML and AI applications, one of which is machine translation, ranging from product descriptions and user reviews to speech interfaces.
39. Welocalize
As its name suggests, Welocalize offers multilingual solutions to allow international companies to communicate globally.
40. Semantix
With a history of growth and innovation, they now lead the way in language technology.
41. Amplexor
For more than 30 years, they’ve been transforming organizations towards digital and operational excellence, in the industries of aerospace, defense, energy & environment, finance, life sciences, manufacturing, telecom and the public sector.
42. Acolad
Acolad began as a family business and they have stayed true to these roots during growth
43. Ubiqus
With factors steering market demand, such as the needs for business globalization, content consumability and localization, and cross-platform access to linguists and tools in real time, buyers are more informed and selective about their project needs.
44. Mars Translation
Over a period of almost two decades, Mars Translation has managed to become one of the leading translation agency. They work towards providing the customer with a one-stop globalization platform.
45. One Hour Translation
Founded in 2008, One Hour Translation has become one of the most popular translation service providers. Over the years they have worked hard to provide businesses with translation solution specific to their unique requirements.
46. Straker Translation
Founded in 1999, Straker Translation has been in the translation industry for two decades now. And during this time they have provided a translation solution for more than 50,000 customers and businesses.
47. Text Master
Founded in 2011, Text Master is among the first ISO-certified translation providers that are available online entirely.
Over a period of 8 years, Text master has provided exceptional quality of translation to many businesses. This quality is assured by the experts that are hired to do the work. Text master has a very strict selection process.
48. PoliLingua
PoliLingua was founded in November 2002. The business was born out as a translation service provider and, in order to meet our clients’ demands, gradually expanded to localization, transcription services, voice over, subtitling and multilingual SEO. Many clients only use the PoliLingua translation module, but increasingly clients seek to benefit from 883 integrating our services into the overall package.
49. Pangeanic
Pangeanic has designed a comprehensive contingency and business continuity plan in place, which we are executing accordingly. Being a human-centric language services company, this means following WHO and health officials recommendations to take care of all our people: employees, customers, partners, and linguists.
50. Be Translated
BeTranslated is a boutique translation agency with offices in the US, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany and the Dominican Republic. Our global network of experienced translators provides professional language services to clients around the world.
Additional Blogs
Aussie German Translation Blog
A family-owned German-Australian business, with our document-processing facility located in Melbourne, Victoria, and with staff all over Australia. Read about German language learning and translation. They have specialised in certified (NAATI) translations for many years now – longstanding experience is well known in the industry.
