When deciding on a professional translation services agency, the size and complexity of your project should be key considerations.

Assess the scope of your translation needs, whether it involves large-scale projects, multilingual requirements, additional services like DTP and localization, or value-added services such as copywriting. By understanding the unique demands of your project, you can make an informed choice and select a translation agency that offers the right expertise, resources,...

What’s the deal with Jar?

First, though, about that “Screw Up Again” part -- Translators screwing up seems to be as old as, well, the business of translation itself, the consequences profound. See Could a Translation Snafu Spawn a Fourth World War?

The “Jar”

At the crux of the matter is the word “pithos,” meaning “jar”, in the Pandora myth. In translation, “pithos” was rendered as “pyxis”, a Latin word for box or casket by Erasmus of Rotterdam. Erasmus was not the o...