When you’re new to purchasing translation – whether you’re making a one-time transaction on your own behalf or setting up a long-term enterprise translation strategy – the different types of translation that language services providers offer can be confusing. Below we’ve compiled a quick guide to some of the most common types you’ll find. Machine […]

Earlier this month, we covered the differences between US and UK English. But that’s not the end of it — there’s a third major variant of English we offer here at TranslationPal, and it’s the one spoken in Canada. You might think that, due to geographical proximity, Canadian English is exactly the same as American […]

There’s an old joke that says that the Great Britain and the United States are two countries divided by a common language. It’s not entirely untrue — although American and British English speakers can understand one another very well, everything from vocabulary to usage can be different. Here are a few of the key differences […]

Translated documents that need to be submitted to government agencies, universities, legal bodies, or other institutions often need to be certified. First of all, let’s clear up a common misconception: in the United States, as opposed to other countries, this does not mean that the translator needs to be certified. The US has one major […]