Category: Basics
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Writers lost in translation: preparing content for translation
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Today, in this mini post series for writers, I discuss what you need to consider when preparing content for translation. Context is crucial for translation, as it ensures high-quality results.
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Writers lost in translation: documentation life cycle and translation timing
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Today, in this mini post series for writers, I discuss if there is a best time to hand over documentation for translation. When considering the documentation life cycle, when is the best time to kick off the translation process? Let’s dive in!
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Writers lost in translation: translation and time planning
Sunny greetings, dear reader! As a writer of documentation, you might have asked yourself, when is the best time to hand over my documentation for translation? How do I estimate the translation time for my planning? What do I need to consider when dealing with translation project management?
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Writing with a global mindset – part 3
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Aspects such as casing, spelling, punctuation, and terminology are especially important when it comes to translation. Some of these aspects can affect the output when using technologies like translation memory, machine translation, and language models.
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Writing with a global mindset – part 2
Sunny greetings, dear reader! In part one I talked about the importance of casing, spelling, punctuation, and terminology. Part two adds a bit more complexity to it. Hold on to your socks and read on.
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Writing with a global mindset – part 1
Sunny greetings, dear reader! If you are a writer working for a global company or if your company has the potential to go global one day, this is an interesting read for you.
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Yet another blog
Sunny greetings, dear reader! Great that you found your way to our GILT Ninjas blog. This blog is all about Globalization, Internationalization, Localization and Translation (GILT).
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GILT: g11n, i18n, l10n, t9n
Sunny greetings, dear readers! I am happy that you found your way to our blog, and you might wonder what GILT means in our blog name, GILT Ninjas. GILT stands for Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation. Keep on reading if you are not familiar with those concepts.