Interview with Anna, our memoQ trainer
Par Shane Hartford | 4 October 2018TradOnline has been working with memoQ, a translation tool developed by Kilgray, for the past 5 years, now. We are quite well versed in the basic features of their program; however, as a new version is launched every 6 months, it’s important that we keep up to date! And that is where Anna comes in […]
How to translate your Magento product catalogue
Par Shane Hartford | 27 September 2018Magento is an open-source solution which launched in 2008; it allows you to set up your online store or stores, if you would like to also sell in different currencies abroad. Magento: 2nd most popular e-commerce solution The strength of Magento is in its community of developers, who are always ready to update connectors, as […]
What marketing content strategy should you adopt for international markets?
Par Shane Hartford | 12 October 2020With the ongoing governmental responses to the Covid crisis, more and more of our clients have been contacting us to discuss launching their products and services abroad in the hopes of finding favourable markets in which to continue to grow. It is a sign that the return to normality will undoubtedly pass by exports. However, […]
TradOnline an the Tradutec Group place 14th in the Top 40 European translation agencies
Par Shane Hartford | 9 July 2019Like every year, CSA Research has published its ranking of translation agencies across the globe. For the 2019 edition, the hard work of the TradOnline team and our partners throughout the Tradutec have been rewarded again. Making it to number 14 on the list of European providers, the selection of translation services offered by our […]
Interview with Katja, one of our loyal German translators
Par Shane Hartford | 10 June 2020Hi Katja. Can you tell us a bit about your professional activity? I’ve been an independent translator since 2011. As a German native, I translate to German from French (80% of my workload) and English. I work mostly with translation agencies (especially Tradonline!) and a few direct clients (SME). Why did you choose to learn […]
Quality Assurance
Par Shane Hartford | 30 August 2021Quality assurance is a generic term that covers a number of processes that allow us to ensure the best possible translation to our clients. This step is all the more important when dealing with voluminous projects. Some of these processes fall under the purview of the client, others, the project manager, and others still, the […]
Why capitalizing on past translations with alignment is a major advantage
Par Shane Hartford | 21 September 2020Ever since the dawning of the information age, we’ve been talking about data, and its become the biggest commodity on the market. But for the translations industry, and more specifically for your projects, why is it so important to use your data effectively? If your company has been exporting products and services for years, or […]
Beware: an inexpensive agency isn’t an incredible agency! #PlannedObsolescence
Par Shane Hartford | 4 December 2017Many translation agencies offer “cheap” and “fast” services, without the “headache”. But is that good enough? We certainly don’t think so! Buy it nice or buy it twice! If you’ve ever found a hole in a “cheap” sweater after its first pass through the laundry, you’ll understand what we’re talking about. Buying a new sweater […]
Etymology of the 10 largest cities in the European Union (part 2)
Par Shane Hartford | 31 August 2017It’s been over a month since we published the first part of this post, so I thought it was long past time that we revisit this subject. As a reminder, in part one we covered: London, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, and Paris. So, let’s pick up where we left off with… The next 5 largest cities […]
Personal Data Protection and Machine Translations
Par Shane Hartford | 23 May 2018Even just a few years ago, we were reticent to use Machine Translation tools like “Google Translate” because we knew that the personal data entered into Google were recorded as a way to “train” the Mountain View, California company’s statistical machine engine. This made it completely unusable for projects with concerns about confidentiality. It turns […]
TradOnline an the Tradutec Group place 14th in the Top 40 European translation agencies
Par Shane Hartford | 9 July 2019Like every year, CSA Research has published its ranking of translation agencies across the globe. For the 2019 edition, the hard work of the TradOnline team and our partners throughout the Tradutec have been rewarded again. Making it to number 14 on the list of European providers, the selection of translation services offered by our […]
Sorosoro: the association that seeks to save rare languages
Par Shane Hartford | 6 November 2017This article is a little thumbs-up to Sorosoro, an association with the slogan “So the languages of the world may live on”. Why fight for dead languages? Sorosoro’s director, Rozenn Milin, stated in an interview that each language corresponds to a culture, and no matter how small, if it’s snuffed out, the world becomes a […]
What’s New with Drupal Translation
Par Shane Hartford | 19 July 2021Drupal has seen a slight dip in its market share over the last 18 months, but it still remains squarely planted in the top 10 CMS’s on the market with hundreds of thousands of websites relying on the framework. And the developers are still hard at work, with the release of Drupal 10 currently scheduled […]
Alice Recounts Her Holiday Abroad
Par Shane Hartford | 7 September 2021Once does not a habit make, but I thought I’d take the opportunity to at least recount my personal experience. I’d like to talk to you about my 2021 summer holiday, and more specifically about my road trip to Germany in a fitted van with 2 young children. (Photo of one of our mountain camping […]
