https://carolinestrappazzon.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Caroline StrappazzonenMon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://p3.aprimocdn.net/canadalifeuk/Building%20longevity-ready%20workplaces%20in%20the%20UK.pdfMarket research reportMon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://p3.aprimocdn.net/canadalifeuk/Building%20longevity-ready%20workplaces%20in%20the%20UK.pdfhttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/how-good-is-ai-at-creating-content-in-different-languagesGenerative artificial intelligence (GenAI) continues to astound us.In January of this year when a speech in Spanish by the Argentinian president at the World Economic Forum in Davos was subsequently recreated in English, the world took note. In a video released shortly afterward and powered by generative AI, the president’s mouth was exactly synched to the English words he was saying: for all intents and purposes he became a fluent English speaker.  The video had 75 million views.We’re becoming...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/how-good-is-ai-at-creating-content-in-different-languageshttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/ensuring-language-access-benefits-businesses-and-communitiesSociety is more diverse and more multicultural than ever before. We now live, study and work alongside people from different backgrounds and with transnational histories. Unlike a few decades ago, hearing many varied languages spoken on our streets and in our neighborhoods is commonplace.Our cultures and communities overlap more and more. We’re linked to colleagues and friends worldwide by fast, high-tech telecommunications, social media and the internet. We follow news from all corners of the g...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/ensuring-language-access-benefits-businesses-and-communitieshttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/interpreting-services-a-brief-guideFirstly, a spot of housekeeping. Although the jobs of interpreter and translator require overlapping skills, there are important distinctions.Translators and interpreters work to bridge communication gaps. They both transfer meaning from one language to another and help the inclusion of all connected parties in the conversation.Successful international business necessitates seamless multilingual communication and both translators and interpreters are frequently required to enable a smooth transi...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/interpreting-services-a-brief-guidehttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/communicating-the-olympicsIf you like watching sport, the summer of 2024 will be your idea of bliss. The Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games and the football - soccer for some of you - European Championships in Germany should fill many happy hours of TV viewing. And of course, there are all the annual crowd-pleasers like the Tour de France, Wimbledon, Formula One and golfing majors. These global events bring together athletes, spectators, journalists, officials and volunteers from many nations who speak many languages. Co...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/communicating-the-olympicshttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/communicating-the-olympicsIf you like watching sport, the summer of 2024 will be your idea of bliss. The Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games and the football - soccer for some of you - European Championships in Germany should fill many happy hours of TV viewing. And of course, there are all the annual crowd-pleasers like the Tour de France, Wimbledon, Formula One and golfing majors. These global events bring together athletes, spectators, journalists, officials and volunteers from many nations who speak many languages. Co...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/communicating-the-olympicshttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/translating-localizing-your-websiteYour website is a shop window into your organization. No matter the size of your business your website showcases what you do and how well you do it. It provides a platform for interaction with your customers, both current and prospective, and it tells the world what your brand represents.What your website communicates about your organization is important.There are several reasons why translating it into more languages could be beneficial.It’s no longer prudent to assume that because your website...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/translating-localizing-your-websitehttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-2024The World Health Organization estimates that 1.3 billion people globally live with a disability. That’s around 16% of the world’s total population. Having a disability can mean that everyday activities become more difficult and participating fully in all areas of society is tough. People who are disabled face exclusion because the environments we live in – both physically and digitally – are not adapted to a wide enough variety of needs.More effective communication is a key element in fostering...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-2024https://www.t-works.eu/blog/translation-quality-tips-language-providersIn our recent blog posts, we’ve looked at how the price of translation is calculated and how investing in translation brings value to businesses looking to expand globally. We showed that when it’s done well, translation is a precious asset to a growing business.However, translation is a complex task, and there’s no denying that it can take a considerable chunk of a company’s budget. As with all significant spending, getting value for money and ensuring a successful outcome are essential.How do...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/translation-quality-tips-language-providershttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/translating-sap-content-into-new-languagesEmbarking on an SAP translation project may be necessary for several reasons. If your business is growing into new markets, translation could be needed to comply with local regulations, to enable your regional teams to work more easily in your SAP system and to ensure standardisation across all your business locations.However, as we established in one of our recent blogs (which you can read here), the process of translating SAP content can be complex and varies from company to company. Using thi...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/translating-sap-content-into-new-languageshttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/international-plain-language-day-2024Language adapts itself to many tones, styles, formats and lexicons. It is as flexible as all the meanings humans try to communicate. For novels and poetry, language can be ornate, figurative or metaphoric; academic writing is often intense, technical and erudite; humoristic texts might be laced with ‘double entendres’, wordplay or sarcasm.Language changes depending on the message we’re trying to get across.However, for business communication, where end results are the priority, the language we u...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/international-plain-language-day-2024https://www.t-works.eu/blog/why-language-variants-matterWe communicate across cultures more than ever. The rise of the internet has given us the ability to interact with people far beyond our own borders and experiences. We buy goods online from all corners of the globe and work remotely for companies positioned anywhere on the five continents. We see the same fast-food chains in our shopping centres, we watch the same Netflix shows, we follow the same sports teams, and over 3 billion of us use Facebook monthly.We’re living in a global village, right...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/why-language-variants-matterhttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/the-cost-of-translation---part-2Geographical boundaries have long since ceased to be barriers to international trade. Today, companies of any size can do business globally, benefitting from easy, instant digital communication and the opportunities for worldwide buying and selling that the Internet brings. Technologies enabling e-commerce and digital payments, and the increasing influence of artificial intelligence, help large and small businesses alike reach new customers in new markets.International trade, however, isn’t with...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/the-cost-of-translation---part-2https://www.t-works.eu/blog/the-cost-of-translationThe possibilities of what can be translated are almost endless.Websites, software, legal texts, marketing copy, technical documentation, audio files, media formats, literary works, meetings, and conferences are just some of the content that can be translated from one language to another.The number of languages – and more importantly, language pairs – that can be translated is also very high and runs to thousands.This means that the cost of translation naturally varies between what is being trans...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/the-cost-of-translationhttps://www.t-works.eu/blog/words-of-the-year-2024It’s that time of year again folks. The time when wordsmiths and language enthusiasts get very excited about fresh additions to our collective vocabulary and are allowed to talk about it!Yep, it’s the ‘Word of the Year’ season, when dictionaries and lexical authorities announce which words have topped their lists of the most popular and relevant expressions of the past 12 months. Oxford Languages refers to these as words that have ‘great resonance’ for the year in question.Let’s take a quick loo...Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/blog/words-of-the-year-2024https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/368105/uploads/2a77fb48-58d0-4fec-a863-bda004553cbf.pdfWed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/368105/uploads/2a77fb48-58d0-4fec-a863-bda004553cbf.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/368105/uploads/65c92c24-9f0e-41db-9c12-a29018b82c86.pdfWed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/368105/uploads/65c92c24-9f0e-41db-9c12-a29018b82c86.pdfhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/tworksgmbh/mycompany/?viewAsMember=trueWed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.linkedin.com/company/tworksgmbh/mycompany/?viewAsMember=truehttps://www.instagram.com/cafe_ceres/Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/cafe_ceres/https://twitter.com/tworks_translTue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://twitter.com/tworks_translhttps://www.t-works.eu/en/words-of-the-year/What are they for 2023 and why do they matter? Has anyone ever told you you’ve got great rizz? Or have you ever rizzed someone up? You may well have experienced the power of ‘rizz’ in abundance but it’s unlikely that you would have used this word to describe it. Before now that is. The Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen ‘rizz’ as its ‘word of the year’ (WOTY) for 2023 and they define it as ‘style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner’. It can alsoTue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.t-works.eu/en/words-of-the-year/https://www.t-works.eu/en/the-power-of-specialized-translation/Global trade is inextricably linked to communication exchange and without the translation of all relevant material, commerce between nations would be almost impossible. In fact, translation is a significant cog in the complex mechanism of globalization. Let’s take a couple of minutes to think about the close ties between globalization and communication. The momentum that global trade has gathered over the last fifty years has only been possible with the increasing capacity to quickly produce acMon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.t-works.eu/en/the-power-of-specialized-translation/https://www.t-works.eu/en/no-room-for-error-when-it-comes-to-legal-translation/Access to a legal interpreter or legal translation services aren’t things we think about until we really need them. It won’t be until you’re in life-altering situations – immigrating to a new country or falling foul of the law in a country whose language you don’t speak – that you will fully realize the importance of being understood in a language that isn’t your own. Understanding both the nuances of law and the correct terminology in two languages and two countries isn’t an easy ask and only Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.t-works.eu/en/no-room-for-error-when-it-comes-to-legal-translation/https://www.t-works.eu/en/the-role-of-content-in-global-growth/How localizing your content can help your company increase its customer base and its bottom line. Content is a broad term that refers to all the material – textual, visual, audio and otherwise – that is made to support a company or brand and its products or services. It is often used in the context of marketing and today is the primary means of informing your audience about who your company is and what it offers. Content marketing puts the focus on engagement with the audience and often has as Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.t-works.eu/en/the-role-of-content-in-global-growth/https://www.t-works.eu/en/is-artificial-intelligence-about-to-replace-human-translators/How the language industry is dealing with AI and large language models. In March 2023 the Oxford English Dictionary released an update. This included the addition to its pages of over 700 new words and phrases and meant terms like ‘deepfake’, ‘chonky’ and ‘groomzilla’ all became a part of the recognized English lexicon. The update also focused on World Englishes and in particular the revising of Māori, Scottish and Indian pronunciation to reflect today’s usage. In 2021 the Leibniz Institute foThu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.t-works.eu/en/is-artificial-intelligence-about-to-replace-human-translators/https://www.t-works.eu/en/has-ai-solved-its-language-problem/In February of 2022 Rob Toews, an experienced AI commentator, wrote that, ‘Put simply, to solve language is to solve AI.’ In the same article he added, ‘The technology is now at a critical inflection point, poised to make the leap from academic research to widespread real-world adoption.’ This was pre ChatGPT. Although others had previously had similar thoughts, these words were insightful indeed. Since it was released in November 2022, ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by OpenAI, has become theWed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/en/has-ai-solved-its-language-problem/https://www.t-works.eu/en/every-language-everywhere-all-at-once/The powerful combination of languages, technology and global culture And the Oscar goes to… At the time of putting pen to paper, (well, typing words on a screen as it is now), the ceremony for the 95th Academy Awards, or as we more fondly refer to them, the Oscars, has just taken place. It was the usual glamourous, glittering and rather self-important celebration of the film universe and it left lots of us wondering why the world is so obsessed with this overblown and overelaborate occasion.Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.t-works.eu/en/every-language-everywhere-all-at-once/