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As of 20th April 2016, the new Low Voltage Directive, LVD (2014/35/EU) came into effect, replacing the earlier directive (2006/95/EC) as part of the European Union’s efforts to harmonize the New Legislative Framework (NLF). The aim of the NLF is to improve the EU market’s conditions for the trading of industrial products, including establishing a […]

If you work in international business, you may need to purchase foreign language translations from time to time, but find you’re mystified by the process. A little bit of knowledge can go a long way towards a successful outcome. Here are Argos Multilingual’s “Top Ten” list of factors that have a direct impact on price, […]

“As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being” – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk The importance of languages and the communication in different languages has increased drastically in the XXI century, due to globalization and companies starting to operate in different markets worldwide. In this context, translation and localization services play a […]

DITA has been established as a method of reducing global publishing costs. That is not to say that there are no challenges when it comes to localization. Because DITA content is designed to be built from small independent “topic chunks”, linguists are usually able to translate each chunk without the need for much additional context […]

It’s not easy choosing the right Language Service Provider (LSP) for your business. Language Translation Services -like any service – are not a tangible product. You cannot see, touch or smell a service before you purchase it. You may often rely on your instincts or the opinions of others to sway your decision in the […]

When travelling or surfing the internet, we always seem to stumble upon a translation that went wrong. From warning signs like “slip carefully” to advertising ads such as the infamous “nothing sucks like an Electrolux”, it seems these types of mistakes are endless. For industries such as Life Sciences, getting it wrong does not come […]

400. This is the approximate number of languages that have become extinct in the last century. What is even more worrying is that it is predicted that this number will continue to grow in the next 100 years. According to UNESCO, half of the 6000+ languages still spoken in the world today will vanish by […]