My Trip to Paris! At the start of June, my friend and I took a trip to Paris. We were super excited! We visited the Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame, went up the Eiffel Tower alongside other typical touristy things. But I want to make the focus of this blog less about what we did but …
There are over 7,000 languages spoken world-wide, at least half of the world’s population are bilingual and countless words are being added to dictionaries across the world every year. Language is alive! Here at Dialogue, we work with over 200 languages and our in-house team are proud to be able to speak an impressive 8 …
While the phrase ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again’ may not apply to activities such as skydiving, it certainly is the case when learning a language. My love-hate relationship with the Russian language started when I picked it up at university in 2014. When I went out to St Petersburg on …
Gaming has today become one of the most popular forms of entertainment, with people of all ages and backgrounds playing all kinds of games. The industry is only expected to explode even further globally in the coming years – and in multiple languages to boot. With such a global audience, it is important for game …
Here at Dialogue, we take great pride in our translation and localisation work. It’s challenging and rewarding all at the same time. From legal translations to subtitles for works of fiction, translation takes precision and finesse. It also presents some unique challenges. For our Translation Project Managers, leading translation teams in various languages and locations, …
Relocating overseas can seem like a great adventure, and why wouldn’t it be? New job, new experience, new team and new (if somewhat protective) culture. It can, however, be quite daunting too: people can often feel like a fish out of water once the honeymoon period is over or they can feel that they are …
Having grown up with an English teacher as a father, I’ve had the classic “it’s ‘my friends and I went to the cinema’, not ‘me and my friends’” drilled into me from an early age. And now, after teaching English myself for four years in St Petersburg, I find that I have to bite my …
Working in the UK: A Dialogue Primer The United Kingdom is a major global hub. Home to more than 67 million people, it comprises England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The World Bank ranked the UK as among the best locations globally for ease of commerce—the ease with which taxes, corporate laws and business are …
Turns out that by 2010, more than half of the world’s population had become bilingual. While the reasons why are varied—from migration needs to the digital transformation driving globalisation—more and more people found it necessary to develop the ability to speak more than one language. After digital interconnectivity improvements allowed for a global reach, this …
The Impact of Emoji Use The rise and spread of the internet, especially social media, has changed a lot of aspects of our daily lives. The way we do business, how we interact with our family and friends, and how we use language to communicate with other people. One effect of social media is the …
What is transcreation? Before we start, let’s briefly go over what transcreation is… Transcreation is the buzz word of 2022. If you sell in more than one language, it’s a powerful tool. It can really boost your sales conversion rates as it’s a whole lot more than translation… Transcreation aims to fire up the same …
