This is the third and (those of you who are thoroughly bored with the topic will be pleased to hear) final part of a series of articles looking at the advantages and disadvantages of using voice recognition (VR) software in translation.

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To the uninitiated, the roles of translators and interpreters are often considered much of a muchness. Indeed, it is not uncommon to hear of an interpreter being referred to as “the translator”. Even when the two are distinguished, the difference may be thought of as simply one of medium. The interpreter uses a verbal medium, while a translator uses the written form. However, the truth is...

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Myth has it Coca-Cola entered the Chinese market with “ko-ka-ko-la” which, amongst a number of things, also means “bite the wax tadpole”. The truth is somewhat less clear

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Quality, like satisfaction, is a subjective term which can be relatively hard to pin down. However, the nature of the product - translation - is comprised of measurable components making objective evaluation not only possible, but even easy!

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