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The Languages that Rule the Internet and Why Translation Can Help
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The Languages that Rule the Internet and Why Translation Can Help

Though English still dominates the internet, other languages are also widely used and should be targeted for translation and localization.

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Extinct Languages: The Languages We Have Lost in the 21st Century
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Extinct Languages: The Languages We Have Lost in the 21st Century

Did you know 42% of all known languages that exist today are endangered? Unfortunately, we have already lost dozens of languages to extinction in this young century. Here are just a few that we believe should be remembered.

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How Lack of Translation Can Negatively Affect Voter Turnout
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How Lack of Translation Can Negatively Affect Voter Turnout

A rising number of Americans are having trouble understanding their choices in the voting booth and are not granted translation access on election day.

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A Decade in Review: The Language Services Industry and the 2010s
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A Decade in Review: The Language Services Industry and the 2010s

Welcome to 2020! To celebrate, let’s looks back on how the 2010s changed the language services industry, for the better and worse.

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Transcription and Translation: The Rise of the Machines
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Transcription and Translation: The Rise of the Machines

While we are extremely close to machines being able to understand monotonous, clear English spoken by a single speaker, problems arise when you have recordings with groups of people, difficult audio, and slang and broken English.

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Why Businesses Should Translate Their Materials
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Why Businesses Should Translate Their Materials

In the United States, business materials are usually exclusively in English, even though we’re living through a period of non-English language growth that will only increase in the future. That’s millions of consumers businesses might not be reaching.

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The Seri Language: Recent Growth Against the Odds
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The Seri Language: Recent Growth Against the Odds

In contrast to most languages with few speakers, the Seri language has actually grown over the last century. While there were believed to be just 200 Seri people in the 1920s, as of 2015 it is estimated that there are between 600 and 1,000 native speakers.

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We Are Still Here: The Yuchi Language Project
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We Are Still Here: The Yuchi Language Project

Yuchi is a fascinating language. It is not known to be related to any other language on the planet, and there was no written alphabet until the 1970s. But, as of 2014, only four first-language Yuchi speakers were still alive.

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