Apr 21, 2013 | Blog, Projects
We help International Trimmings & Labels (ITL) meet their clients’ multilingual branding, product ID and supply chain management needs. This garment label manufacturer designs, manufactures and distributes apparel branding products. We provide ongoing services every day or two for very short texts into multiple languages, including Arabic, Georgian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Polish, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Danish, Dutch, European French, European Spanish, German, Italian, European Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish. Terminology is often subject to interpretation as context can be scarce but our translators are provided with terminology lists and reference material where necessary to maintain... read more
Apr 8, 2013 | Blog, Projects
With our help, Go2 Productions takes a bite out of challenging multilingual voice-over projects for Apple Inc. This creative video production agency provides highly engaging content for their clients’ corporate videos and TV commercials. Winner of several Telly awards in 2012 for their spot-on, high-impact work with MADD, Sunshine Coast Health Centre and PLANTCAL, Go2 has earned important clients like Disney and Apple Inc. For Apple, Go2 asked us to collaborate with them in the voice-over production of foreign language audio files for their instructional videos, including Mandarin, Cantonese, French (European), Spanish (European), Japanese, Italian, German, Russian, Turkish, Swedish, Dutch, Korean, and Portuguese (Brazilian). Handling multiple scripts and audio files for this many languages can be a challenge, but our meticulous project managers ensure that every file is quality checked and delivered in an efficient and organized... read more
Mar 8, 2013 | Blog, Projects
We helped Electronic Arts Canada kick off their 2012 FIFA video game around the world. Electronic Arts Canada is a world-renown interactive entertainment software manufacturer whose sports-themed video games have reached international status, earning the company 4.1 billion in 2012. Since 1982, EA has been on the cutting edge of technology, re-inventing the way video games were made and achieving a realism never seen before. Perhaps best known for their FIFA Soccer games, we were thrilled to help them localize the content of their 2012 FIFA and FIFA Street games to football-crazy audiences in France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, the UAE, and Ukraine. We not only completed the translations of the scripts, but we also provided voice artists in each particular dialect to record the content in their studio in Burnaby, BC, making sure that each language was localized in its references and idioms and voiced in an authentic... read more
Feb 21, 2013 | Blog, Projects
We help Comotion Design create a buzz for their clients by translating content so they can focus on the graphic design. This Vancouver-based advertising and brand consultancy company completes projects for Canadian companies looking to target foreign language target markets. Regular clients are the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and BC Blueberry Council, among others. We are proud to provide them with high-quality translations of their clients’ advertising and marketing content into multiple languages including French, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, European Spanish, Italian, and... read more
Jan 21, 2013 | Blog, Projects
We helped the Office of the BC Ombudsperson relay an excerpt of a report to Punjabi and Chinese speakers of BC. The Office of the BC Ombudsperson receives enquiries and complaints about unfair administrative practices of provincial government ministries or public agencies. The office is independent of government and political parties. The services are free and confidential. We helped them translate an excerpt of a report from English to Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Traditional... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
South Africa has the largest number of native Zulu speakers; around 10 million people and 95% of the population. Zulu is also one of South Africa’s 11 official languages since 1994. Most speakers can be found in the provinces of Zululand and Natal. In these areas the language is widely used in daily life, as well as in the media and for formal educational purposes. It was just a verbal language until European missionaries came to the continent in the 19th century. Then, a writing system developed using the Latin... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Yiddish is a West Germanic language spoken by 2 million people. In fact, it is phonetically closest to Middle High German. About three-quarters of the Yiddish vocabulary is taken from German, although some meanings are different. It is commonly spoken by people of Jewish heritage originating from Central and Eastern Europe and now settled in various parts of the world such as the USA, Israel and Russia. In Sweden, Yiddish is the official minority... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Vietnamese is spoken mainly in Vietnam and a number of countries by over 70 million speakers. Although Vietnamese was spoken for thousands of years by local people, it was not the official written language of Vietnam until the 20th Century. For much of its history, Chinese characters and a Chinese-based writing system were adapted and primarily used. However, eventually the Latin writing system was integrated and used for administrative purposes. Due to many years of French colonial rule, Vietnamese has borrowed many words from French, and recently adopted many words from English due to Western... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Uzbek is spoken by around 23 million people and is the official language of Uzbekistan. Until 1928, the Arabic alphabet was used to write Uzbek but the Latin alphabet was later accepted in order to standardize the language and educate the Uzbek people. However, the Cyrillic alphabet was forced on them in 1940. After the dissolution of the USSR, there was a shift to reintroduce the Latin alphabet. To this day in Uzbekistan, the language is still in a transition period. A standardized dialect can be understood by all Uzbek speakers because it is used for mass media and publications. Both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet can be used in... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Urdu is the national language and one of two official languages (along with English) in Pakistan, and is also one of 22 of the official languages of India. Native speakers number around 60 million people and there are approximately another 40 million people speaking it as a second language. The Mughal Empire, an imperial power in South Asia that ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent from 1526 to 1858, saw many languages develop due to trade and travel. Urdu was influenced the most during this time because in trade business, a high level of Persian and Arabic was used therefore Urdu was needed to communicate with... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Ukrainian is a Slavic language spoken by about 47 million people in Ukraine and many other countries. Ukraine has been under the rule of many foreign countries. However, during most of these rulings, Ukrainian was not influenced that much because many people were not able to read or write. Therefore Ukrainian was continually spoken. Ukrainian is known as the second most melodic language after Italian. In 1934 it ranked as the third most beautiful language in the world after French and Persian, based on vocabulary, phrasing and sentence structure... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
The Turkish language is spoken by about 90 million people in the world. It is spread over a large geographical area in Europe and Asia and spoken in Turkey as well as in 35 more countries. Therefore, there are a great number of dialects of Turkish used. However, Istanbul Turkish is considered the official standard Turkish. The oldest Turkish written records are 1300 years old. The Ottoman script was long used as the administrative and governmental script until the 20th century, when it was replaced by the Latin... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Thai originates from the Tai-Kadai language family and is spoken by over 20 million people in Thailand, and 60 million people worldwide. Although Thai is recognized as one of many Tai dialects, it is the official language of Thailand. The official Thai language is influenced by a Central Thailand dialect and the educated elite of Bangkok. The Thai alphabet was made in the 13th century by the King of Thailand. Not only is the alphabet form unique, its writing system is very different from most languages. There are no spaces used between words; spaces in Thai text mean the end of a clause or... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Tigrinya is a Semitic language spoken in Central Eritrea by about 7 million speakers, which is half of the Eritrean population. It was one of two official languages with Arabic but in 1958 it was replaced by the Amharic language. More over, Eritrean was colonized by Italy until 1941, therefore, many, mainly older Eritreans, speak Italian as well. The language has its own script, which contains more than 200 characters with different sounds, derived from the ancient language “Gee ’ez”, which is only used in the Orthodox Church... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Telugu is a part of the South-central branch of the Dravidian language family and spoken by about 75 million native speakers, mainly in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language. It is thought that there are a total of 130 million speakers in the world, making it the second largest Indian language after Hindi. It is also recognized as one of the 22 national languages of... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Tamil is one of the most ancient languages of the world and belongs to the Dravidian language family. It is spoken by over 80 million people, mainly in Southern India and neighbouring states as both a first and second language. It is the official language of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, as well as the official language of Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. A number of dialects and variations can be found within Tamil Nadu. The alphabet is uniquely rounded because palm leaves were used to write on, therefore the characters needed to be round to avoid tearing the... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
English Tagalog (Filipino) Translation Services LingoStar Translation Services Canada | USA provides professional translation and interpretation from English to Tagalog and Tagalog to English. Thanks to a well established network of top Tagalog translators and linguists we are serving all major cities in Canada – Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver and the USA – New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and more. We offer Tagalog document translation, English to Tagalog website localization and Tagalog interpreting services. Additionally we offer translation of business cards and emails into and from Tagalog, editing by native translators and editors, typesetting by experienced Tagalog typesetters and video game localization and voiceovers by specialized Tagalog voiceover artists and translators. Our experienced native English to Tagalog translators and interpreters are meticulously selected to provide English to Tagalog services of the best possible quality for your particular needs! Only native Tagalog translators know about the cultural background of Tagalog and can localize websites or documents for the Philippines, and Tagalog speakers in Canada and the USA. Our team consists of experienced medical, technical and legal Tagalog translators. Our Tagalog translators will expertly handle your project in your specific industry. We have completed numerous Tagalog translations in these fields and more: • Advertising • Mining • Business and Employment…… • Packaging and Labels • Engineering • Training • Finance • Software and IT • Forestry • Technology • Marketing • Travel and Tourism Furthermore, we also offer Tagalog certified and notarized translations for passports, driver’s licenses, divorce decrees, birth and marriage certificates, legal documents, transcripts, diplomas and other Tagalog certified document translations. As Canada and The United States have... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken by 10 million speakers, mainly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has been designated as one of the official languages of the European Union since 1995. Swedish directly evolved from Standard Swedish in the 19th century, which originated in Old Norse. There are many dialects in Swedish which can be categorized into 6 groups from distinct regions of the country. The Standard Swedish evolved from dialects in central Sweden and the area of... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
Although there are only 5 million native speakers, Swahili is the official language of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is spoken by more than 50 million people. Until the 19th century, the Arabic alphabet was used in the written form, but when the country fell under the rule of Europe, the Latin alphabet replaced it. Therefore the Latin alphabet is more commonly used today. It is difficult to identify how many dialects are spoken because its speakers are spread out in many countries. Modern Swahili was developed from the Kiunguja dialect which is spoken in the main city of Zanzibar in... read more
Jul 15, 2011 | Blog
English Spanish Translation Services LingoStar Translation Services Canada | USA provides professional translation and interpreting from English to Spanish and Spanish to English. Thanks to a well established network of top Spanish translators and linguists we are serving all major cities in Canada – Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver and the USA – New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and more! We offer Spanish document translation, English to Spanish website localization and Spanish interpreting services. Additionally we offer Spanish editing by native translators and editors, typesetting by experienced Spanish typesetters and video game localization and voiceovers by specialized Spanish translators. Our experienced native English to Spanish translators and interpreters are meticulously selected to provide English to Spanish services of the best possible quality for your particular needs! Only native Spanish translators know about the cultural background of the Spanish language and can localize websites or documents for different Spanish speaking countries, e.g. Spain, Mexico and Spanish speakers in the USA, etc. We are able to work in many Spanish regional varieties and dialects. Our team consists of experienced medical, technical and legal Spanish translators. Our Spanish translators will expertly handle your project in your specific industry. We have completed numerous Spanish translations in these fields and more: • Advertising • Mining • Business and Employment…….. • Packaging and Labels • Engineering • Training • Finance • Software and IT • Forestry • Technology • Marketing • Travel and Tourism Furthermore, we also offer Spanish certified and notarized translations for driver’s licenses, divorce decrees, birth and marriage certificates, legal documents, transcripts, diplomas and any other kind of Spanish certified document translation. As Spanish... read more