Affinity Translation Blog

October 9, 2019

A longtime client for whom we've performed translation services…

September 24, 2019

We think of translations as art (and translators as artists)…

September 21, 2019

A staff member at a client company is asked to review a delivered…

September 17, 2019

We recently adopted the descriptive tagline 'Practitioners in…

September 13, 2019

When it comes to translating videos there are usually two options: …

September 10, 2019

Translation of PowerPoint documents into virtually any target…

September 6, 2019

Occasionally we receive a request to certify a translation performed…

September 3, 2019

Why are perfect translation so hard to achieve? For starters…

August 20, 2019

Adding a Spanish voiceover to an existing video with an English…

Adding Spanish Subtitles To Video: Case StudyOctober 9, 2019 - 4:23 pm
A longtime client for whom we’ve performed translation services for many years sent us the company promotional video below. Their request? Apply Spanish subtitles to the video. The original video appears below. Below are the steps that followed. Transcript Preparation: A written version of the spoken audio is prepared. If a script was already in […]
Why Translation Is ArtSeptember 24, 2019 - 9:00 am
We think of translations as art (and translators as artists) because there are multiple ways to express equivalent meaning in a language. Translators select the optimal approach in their judgment and reflect this in the translations they produce. The artistry of a translation is applied though not typically as a personal expression for the sake […]
Translation Change Requests from ClientsSeptember 21, 2019 - 9:46 am
A staff member at a client company is asked to review a delivered translation. The staff member has some language skills, although is not a professional linguist. What will happen? Guaranteed … they’ll make changes to the delivered translation. There are at least a couple factors at work: Making preferential (not essential) edits to a […]