Even though translating is a creative activity and translation quality may seem difficult to measure, attempts have been made to assess what makes a translation service good. After the old EN 15038 was recently replaced by ISO 17100, Peschel Communications decided to apply for an audit. In my role as an interpreter, I have quite a lot of experience with …

English dominates the world. It’s the language of diplomacy (or lack thereof), business and Hollywood. 378 million people world-wide speak English as their mother tongue[1] and, according to the British Council, 1.75 billion people speak English at a useful level (whatever that may mean). So why should anyone bother having their website translated into anything other than English? 1. Immediate …

“Translation? I had no idea there was even a course for that. And what do you translate, exactly?” fellow passengers on the way between Freiburg and my hometown of Nagold sometimes asked. And yes, you can actually study translation — I should know because I spent three years doing just that at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. From Magdeburg to …

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This may sound familiar: You need a translation, and since you don’t want to cut any corners, you opt for what appears to be a professional translation service provider. But the final product isn’t at all what you had in mind. The vocabulary doesn’t match what’s usually used in your company, the text sounds wooden and the individual words seem …

Take advantage of our translation and interpretation services for patent law To ensure the protection of technical inventions, precise patent translations are key. High-quality technical translations are essential since patent translations require a special approach for obtaining a complete translation with the utmost attention to detail. Patent translations: Correct word choice, technical comprehension and legal background knowledge make all the …

  Nobody likes a false friend. They’re sneaky, they’re treacherous and they can pull the rug right out from under you. False friends are troublesome enough in human form, but here at Peschel Communications we have to be on the lookout for a different incarnation of these dastardly fiends, for there exists a linguistic booby-trap known as a ‘false friend.’ …

2018 marked an important anniversary for us, and that is why this year, I want to look back on the last 20 years at Peschel Communications. Thinking about the early days, the first thing that springs to mind is the people. I was still sharing offices with a small publishing house when I took the decision to hire my first …