Latest Humantranslation Podcast Episodes
Season One Recap w/ Adrian Cohn
Move the World with Words - August 12, 2020 05:30 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe’ve come to the end of season 1 of the Move the World with Words podcast. We’ve talked to dozens of translators, interpreters, and transcreators from all over the world, and all over the industry. The bad news is, we’re taking a break for a bit. Because this show takes time to produce, ...
Table Tennis & The Beatles w/ Ella Wexler
Move the World with Words - August 05, 2020 05:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt can be really easy to paint a particular group of people with a broad brush. All engineers have a hard time with people. All artists are cerebral and in their own heads all the time. And while there may be a shred of truth to some of those assumptions, for the most part one can’t lab...
Translating in a Black Box w/ Eugenia Tietz-Sojolskaya
Move the World with Words - July 29, 2020 05:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat do you do when you have to translate with no context? When you have a job to do, but perhaps you’re working with an agency, and you don’t know how your translation is going to be used. Or where it’s going to be used. Or who is going to be accessing it. Unfortunately, it’s part o...
A New Kind of Birth: From Midwife to Translator w/ Julie Burns
Move the World with Words - July 22, 2020 05:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you’re a parent, you know there are few things more beautiful than watching a child come into the world. One minute, they’re not here. And the next, the new reality is one that includes them. It’s this respect and awe of the miracle of birth that actually led Julie Burns into the wor...
Dreaming in French: Falling in Love with Language w/ Meghan Konkol
Move the World with Words - July 15, 2020 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDo you dream in a different language? Most of us don’t even think twice about the language we dream in, but on a recent episode of the Move the World with Words podcast, we talked with Meghan Konkol about just that. Living abroad, and dreaming in another language. How did she know that ...
From Children’s Books to Patents w/ Jennifer An
Move the World with Words - July 08, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat makes a high school student pursue a career in translation? For Jennifer An, it was a move with her mother. Jennifer says, “We were watching a Korean drama, and the English subtitles were so terrible. I looked at my mom and said, ‘I could do better than that.’” “So she said, ‘Then ...
Interpreting for the Vulnerable w/ Janna Davis
Move the World with Words - July 01, 2020 05:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe doctor’s office is a vulnerable place. It’s like going to the car mechanic. Nobody goes to the doctor because they enjoy going to the doctor. Typically, they go because something is wrong. Now imagine you’ve got to go to the doctor and you don’t speak the language. You’re scared,...
Technical Translations Arent Just for Techies
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - June 24, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutesWhen most people think of technical translations, they probably imagine highly complicated alphanumeric codes and algorithms that only a Ph.D. or rocket scientist could decipher. But many industries require technical translations for various scientific, medical, industrial, engineering, and manu...
The Difference Between Translation & Transcreation w/ Delfina Morganti Hernández
Move the World with Words - June 24, 2020 05:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe’ve all read them. Translations that are dry, lifeless, and to be honest, kind of boring. Maybe it’s the fault of the original text. After all, medical or legal translation can only be so creative. But every now and then, someone like Delfina Morganti Hernández comes along and breathes ...
Medical Translation Checkup- Are Your Translations Healthy
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - June 17, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutesIs your latest medical translation project healthy? What do healthy healthcare translations look like when completed? Take a moment to think about how much is at stake when translated medical communications are confusing or misunderstood. When innocent consumers will bear the consequences of a...
3 Key Things to Know if You Want a Career in Translation w/ Karen Leube
Move the World with Words - June 17, 2020 04:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe’ve talked a lot on the podcast about how the translation industry has changed. Over the course of the last 35 years, it’s evolved in ways that we never would’ve thought possible. But one thing that never changes is the need for translators. As long as there are words, there will be tr...
Professional vs. Internal Translations
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - June 10, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutesFor small and large businesses, cutting costs is a continuous effort to protect and enhance profitability. But some things are too vital to fall under the axe, and one of those is the services of a certified translator. While you may be tempted to cut costs by using the skills of an employee ...
Location, Location, Location w/ Marina Ilari
Move the World with Words - June 10, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat are the two most important pieces of a quality translation? More than anything else, these 2 pieces will take your translations from blah to brilliant. From flat to phenomenal. Odds are if you ask 100 translators this question, you’ll likely get a lot of different answers. After all, ...
How Healthcare Translations Affect Marketing
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - June 03, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutesBasic business marketing principles that apply in other industries also apply in health-related industries. Things like market research, strategic planning, budgeting, branding, media, and public relations opportunities are all equally important. However, when your marketing messages must be...
Defeating Imposter Syndrome as a Translator w/ Victoria Bañales
Move the World with Words - June 03, 2020 05:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsLet’s talk about qualifications. As a translator, specifically one that’s ATA certified, you’re incredibly qualified. You’ve got to go through a lot to get that certification. But what do you do when you start to doubt those qualifications? When you think, “I study language, what qualif...
German Language Translation, Bitte…
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - May 27, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutesEuropean markets are big drivers of demand for translation services, and German is a highly sought after language for translation. Germany is one of the leading economic powerhouses in Europe, especially for industries like engineering and manufacturing of automotive products, heavy machinery,...
A Translator’s First True Love: Poetry w/ Sharon Neeman
Move the World with Words - May 27, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThey say that poetry is the language of love. There are so many things that are hard to say, so they are said with poetry. So many writers and poets will tell you that they don’t know what they think or what they are trying to say until they write it down. So when we met Sharon Neeman, ...
Corporate Communication Matters
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - May 20, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutesThe business world is full of professionals with different backgrounds, languages, and behaviors. It is full of interaction, and especially so in a digital world. Much emphasis is placed on translating customer-facing documents, but we often forget that internal documentation is just as import...
Why Technology Should be Embraced, Not Feared w/ Anne-Marie Colliander Lind
Move the World with Words - May 20, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat technology are you resisting? 30 years ago, translators were using typewriters, and were hesitant to make the jump to computers. 10 years ago, those same people were hesitant to utilize CAT tools. Now? What are translators hesitant about today? It’s machine translation. Why? ...
Localization & Transcreation
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - May 13, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutesWhen entering a market outside of the United States, you can't just translate documents word for word. Content localization is also vitally important. According to the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), “Localization is the process of adapting a product or content to a specific l...
The Invisible Translator w/ Jill Sommer
Move the World with Words - May 13, 2020 05:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTranslators should be invisible. Not in a “Harry Potter cloak” sort of way (though that would certainly be handy at times.) But in an ideal world, the translator’s work should fade into the background, and it should appear as if there was never a translator at all. It’s why translators...
Chemical Translation Services- Everything You Need to Know
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - May 06, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutesWhen going global, companies in the chemical industry need to ensure they’re taking steps to ensure clarity and accuracy in their translation projects. Because of the nature of chemicals, any inaccuracy in their translation can be life-threatening to the people that handle and use them. This n...
Translation & Pilates: A Match Made in Heaven w/ Eva Stabenow
Move the World with Words - May 06, 2020 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAs translators, we spend a lot of time sitting. At our desks, at coffee shops, at conferences, in the car, or on airplanes. Most of our job is sitting. So it should come as no surprise that a lot of us would end up with posture problems. Chronic pain in our backs, necks, shoulders, and joi...
British vs. American English Translation- Whats the Difference
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - April 29, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutesThe language that the British and Americans share is easily understood by each group, but each country has its own particular variations, just as each observes different customs. In this episode, explore some of the significant areas where differences occur, and how that poses a challenge for ...
It all Started with a Pen: The Love of Language w/ Cristina Silva
Move the World with Words - April 29, 2020 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt all started with a pen. Do you still use a pen to write? Not a cheap, dollar-store pen, but a proper pen. There is a weight to the words when you use a proper pen, like a Mont Blanc, to write words on a sheet of paper. They mean a little more than they normally would. We chatte...
Answers to Three Most-Asked Document Translation Questions
Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business - April 22, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutesFinding the right document translation partner requires asking the right document translation questions. International Language Services is a world-renowned language translation provider, and we often hear the same document translation questions from companies. In this episode, we provide an...
A Student’s Perspective on Translation w/ Leqi Sun
Move the World with Words - April 22, 2020 06:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe’ve talked to a lot of professional translators on the Move the World with Words podcast. One demographic we haven’t spoken with, at least not yet, is a student. Someone who is studying to be a professional translator or interpreter. Someone who spends their days not working with clients...
Are there anything Machines Can’t Do? w/ Jennifer Mosby
Move the World with Words - April 15, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMachines can do all sorts of incredible things. They can turn on your lights, set your heat, or give you directions in the car. But can you rely on them to translate? As technology continues to evolve, machine translation is becoming more and more inevitable as a service. Thankfully,...
Working for Free: A Translator’s Passion w/ Diana Biser
Move the World with Words - April 08, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat’s that old saying? Love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life? Most people will tell you that that quote is misleading. Of course you can love what you do, but it’s still work, right? It depends on who you ask. Diana Biser was a guest on the Move the World with Words podcast...
Context is King w/ Susanne Kraetschmer
Move the World with Words - April 01, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsContext is king. So often, particularly in the world of translation, translators are asked to translate without any context. Maybe they’re given a set of phrases and have to translate those. But they might not have any idea HOW these phrases are being used, or in what context. This is especia...
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