“All men are created equal.” —Declaration of Independence (US 1776) All citizens should have the right to vote and to have their voices heard by their government. All children should have the right to go to school and to show what they have learned. All people should have the right to access healthcare and not […]

Style guides make for better, more consistent and more effective translation. We can create a unique style guide for your target language and target market, or we can recommend an existing style guide that will best meet your needs. It doesn’t matter if you are building a house or translating important documents, each project depends […]

Responsive Translation provides fast, high-quality medical report translation for cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. When it comes to cancer treatment, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is among the best there is. People come from all over the world to get treated at the New York-based cancer treatment and research institution, which […]

Ask yourself: Are your organization’s employees really learning the skills they need, or are they just going through the motions? It’s time to get real about the future of employee training. A lot has been written lately about where K-12 education is heading. It’s a critical topic and we’ll be weighing in on that in […]

If Western civilization were a mashup, it would have been produced by translators. Translators throughout history helped to forge Western culture into what it is today by preserving, sharing and even building upon ancient Greek ideas in democracy, philosophy, mathematics and science. Here’s how it happened. The Origin Story The civilization of Ancient Greece began […]

Three harrowing examples of translation gone wrong. Great translation helps keep people happy, healthy and safe. Value that like that old Mastercard commercial is priceless. Bad translation, on the other hand, causes headache after headache. Money-saving shortcuts result in additional expense and can even be dangerous. (Happens every day with Google Translate for sure.) But […]

Surveys used in research, clinical work, government, human resources and other spaces are important tools that provide critical insights to stakeholders. But in today’s global world, surveys are increasingly international and multilingual, and needed sooner rather than later. As a language services provider that specializes in fulfilling complex multilingual communication requirements, it’s our job to […]

If translation is important to your organization, then it’s important to get translation right. It’s the only way translation gets results. (Otherwise, see every translation PR disaster ever.) But if you get it right, your stakeholders – and your organization’s bottom line – will thank you for a long time to come. That’s why today […]

At Responsive Translation, we take translation seriously. We also love a good quote – those little doses of inspiration that make us think, make us smile or both if we’re lucky. Here are some of our favorite quotes about translation:

What do our staff and translators think about translating from English into Spanish? Spanish is certainly one of our favorite languages. It’s the language of Lorca, Márquez and Borges; the language of Almodóvar, Del Toro and Bielinsky. It’s the language of enchiladas, empanadas and paella (is it lunchtime yet?), and as it happens, it’s our […]