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As first reported by The MIT Technology Review, research has proven what most of us already knew! Regardless of your native language, city slickers and country-folk speak and sound differently. It’s long been understood that Chicagoans speak differently than those who hail from Philly. And the French spoken in Paris is different than the French […]

An Up Front Checklist Before Your Project Begins After numerous delays you’ve finally received the goahead from management for that translation project. So you hit the “send” button and breathe a sigh of relief. Now you’re off to tackle some of the other items on your never-ending “to do” list. But no sooner than you […]

Tomorrow UNESCO will be celebrating International Mother Language Day, the annual observance which promotes the preservation and protection of languages all around the world. Since its inception in November 1999, the day has brought greater attention to languages facing extinction through celebrating multiculturalism, multilingualism and cultural diversity. Over 7,000 languages are spoken around the world […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) first compliance deadline regarding its UDI Final Rule from 2013 is nearing. The rule requires that certain medical devices distributed within the United States bear a Unique Device Identifier, or UDI, with the ultimate goal of helping to identify product problems more rapidly within the market. This means […]

I am definitely proud of the fact that we try to be a “smart” Translation Company. Obviously that can mean a lot of things, but for me its basically trying to work as efficiently as possible. Whether that means using technology or just simply organizing things in a way to maximize efficiency then that is […]

Perception Versus Reality: Medical Devices Companies’ Translation Needs In June this year Nadège Young joined Argos Translations as Director of Operations. Nadège has been in the translation industry for over 20 years and most recently had been working for Boston Scientific. Since we are an LSP we obviously approach our interaction with medical devices companies […]

Culture Shock Running a Translation Company in Poland comes with its own unique challenges. As a long-time American expatriate living in Poland for 17 years, I hope that I will be able to provide a unique perspective on this matter. I moved to Poland in 1993 and founded Argos Translations in 1996. Since then, I […]