Celebrate Arabic Language Day 2019 with these useful phrases
On Arabic Language Day, we share some useful phrases to help you communicate, and explore spoken and written Arabic.
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Stats and facts: the truth behind localising L&D programmes
Don’t let language barriers affect the success of your L&D programmes! Have a look at this infographic that shares some interesting stats and facts about languages and employee engagement.
Read more »5 Chinese language movies recommended by our translation team
Do you want to immerse yourself in the Chinese language and culture? These 5 films are a great starting point for anyone interested in China.
Read more »The adventures of the Comtec globetrotters
The Comtec globetrotters have been travelling far and wide this summer and bring you linguistic blunders and interesting language quirks instead of souvenirs! Read more here.
Read more »Are you struggling to get buy-in from local markets for your localised L&D content?
Are you experiencing push-back from local markets regarding localising your learning and development content? If so, our blog post provides advice for getting buy-in from your local colleagues.
Read more »Doing business in Central & Eastern Europe – the lowdown
Is your company exploring doing business in Central and Eastern Europe? Read this blog post to learn more about culture, etiquette and business communications in this region.
Read more »How do I know I’ll get ROI from translating L&D programmes?
How do you know that translating your L&D programmes will deliver a positive ROI? In this post, we share a few ways to convince budget holders and other decision-makers.
Read more »Do foreign jokes work in English? You tell us!
Do jokes translate? In this post, we explore whether your multilingual content can have a sense of humour and how to handle jokes and other humorous content aimed at multilingual audiences. Click here to learn more
Read more »Gender bias and sexism in translation
Don’t fall into the gender bias trap by relying on machine translation to correctly translate your content. Read this blog post to learn more about the pitfalls of translating genderless languages and gender-neutral pronouns!
Read more »Eurovision 2019: what were they singing about?
Many of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest entries were sung in the singer’s native language. Here we translate the titles and key messages, so you can know what they were all about in English!
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