Translation Tips

Tips and tricks for the best possible translations, created by our language professionals.

Health and efficiency benefits of using infoport systems for interpreting

Infoport or simulport is a mobile interpreting system that one can easily carry in a tiny case and use for simultaneous interpreting to a small group of people, typically for short durations. Please feel free to drop us an email and we will be happy to discuss your particular use case to understand whether an infoport suits your needs or perhaps you may go for a full ISO standard interpreting booth and sound equipment.

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-06-25T15:07:38+03:00June 25, 2022|Categories: Translation Tips|

Medical Terminology English Turkish

This English - Turkish glossary is copyright protected. Do not copy or publish without written consent of Dragoman Language Solutions. You may use it for free on this page. Current version contains over 20.000 medical terms and phrases.

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-06-17T22:45:29+03:00June 17, 2022|Categories: Translation Tips|

English – Montegrin – Turkish Phrases

The following list was compiled by Dragoman interns and reviewed by our local team in Montenegro. We hope that these phrases will make your life easier and enjoyable in Western Balkans.

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-06-18T02:04:04+03:00June 17, 2022|Categories: Translation Tips|

How to write correctly Kiev or Kyiv?

Given the popular hashtag #kyivnotkiev, Ukrainians want to use Kyiv. It may sound political at this very moment where there is a war between Ukraine and Russia, but we must emphasize that Ukrainian government officially changed the city's name to Kyiv back in 1995.

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-06-14T12:37:06+03:00February 28, 2022|Categories: Editor Notes, Translation Tips|Tags: kyivnotkiev, writing style|

Idioms and their comprehension

Bring home the bacon, be on cloud nine, a piece of cake... When translated literally, these phrases sound weird in other languages, right? But, what about their meaning when we [...]

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-01-29T22:52:43+03:00January 29, 2022|Categories: Literature, Transcreation, Translation Tips|Tags: idiomatic language, idioms, montenegrin, serbian|

False friends – what’s that?

False friends (english), faux amis (french) or lažni prijatelji in Montenegrin - all of these represent the same phenomenon: a pair of words or syntagmas which are similar when it comes to their form, but different in meaning. " Although these mistakes make us smile at first place, they can lead to misunderstanding, wrong transmission of information, or offending the interlocutor.

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-06-12T01:52:56+03:00January 23, 2022|Categories: Transcreation, Word Usage|Tags: false friends|

Choosing the right microphone for your Zoom and Webex meetings

Many people assume that they can directly speak to their laptop when they are in a Zoom meeting and it may be good enough for a personal gathering among friends. [...]

Dragoman Language Solutions2022-01-22T00:40:49+03:00January 21, 2022|Categories: Interpreting, Translation Tips|Tags: microphones, online interpreting, remote interpreting, sound equipment|

Some notes on subject-verb agreement

Feeling conflicted about choosing a singular or plural verb for a tricky subject? Well, we all have been there. The subject-verb agreement may sometimes be confusing, even for native speakers. [...]

Elifnur Uysal2021-12-30T01:45:08+03:00November 24, 2021|Categories: Editor Notes, Sentences, Translation Tips|Tags: collective noun, combined with, coupled with, English grammar, Money, percentages, plural or singular, singular or plural, subject-verb agreement|

How to setup interpreters for hybrid meetings

Interpreting at hybrid events is tricky because conference interpreters need to see and hear properly. And because hybridmeeting (event) has a very broad definition. It may mean connecting a small [...]

Dragoman Language Solutions2021-12-29T01:49:54+03:00November 8, 2021|Categories: Interpreting, Translation Tips|Tags: hybrid meetings|

Searching the web — the golden rule of translation

What makes a good translation? You probably heard this question in your introductory translation class or read it in the first few pages of the book you decided to buy [...]

Elifnur Uysal2022-06-09T14:12:54+03:00October 18, 2021|Categories: Editor Notes, Transcreation, Translation, Translation Tips|Tags: Google, research, search your audience, search your customer, searching, sound natural, translation, what to search when translating|