Untranslatable Text Elements: What to Keep in Their Original Form? The process of translating texts from one language to another can be challenging, especially when you encounter elements that should not be literally translated. What should be untranslatable into other languages? When to use your creativity when translating? In this post, you will learn what to avoid and what methods to use when translating different types of questionable content. What to do with such text elements? Find out the best approach to these types of challenges! Untranslatable Text Elements Some elements of the text are so unique and specific to a given culture or language. Their literal translation may lead to a loss of meaning or sound incomprehensible. For such elements, it is better to leave them in their original form. These include: Proper names – Names, company names, institution names and geographical locations such as cities, regions or countries are
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Secrets of Translation Translating PDF files: How to effectively convert and keep their format? You may encounter many various problems when translating. One of them is the translation of PDF files, which can be frustrating and complicated. Have you ever wondered how to deal with the difficulties involved in translating this file format? Translating PDF files can involve a range of problems, such as difficulties in preserving formatting, errors in numerical sequences, manual replication of tables, or poor OCR quality. In this post, we take a look at the main difficulties you face when translating PDF files and present proven ways to deal with them. Our practical hints and tips are sure to be helpful to you. Use PDF conversion tools The first challenge when translating files is maintaining proper formatting. PDF files often contain different font styles, text sizes and alignments, which can make it difficult to maintain
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Year 7: Developing the company our way! *time to say goodbye We started year 7 with a big goodbye. Some say that cutting off your first business partners is the natural way to grow a business. Why? Because when you start you are still at the development phase. You take what you can and, at the same time, give away much more than you are ready to give at later stages of company development. So e.g., at the beginning of the business you are prepared, willing, even desperate to take any job, the smallest even any time of day or night. Once your company has developed, this initial eagerness not only disappears but even could harm your business! As you grow, you hope for more clients, bigger jobs, and you need to stay sane so you cannot keep yourself busy on Sunday at 23:00 with a job of a peanut
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