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Neil Payne

Company Director, father of 3 boys, old skool junglist, horse lover, archer, traveller, linguist and writer.

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  • Oops! 10 Most Embarrasing Translation And Interpreting Fails

    I work in the translation sector. Quality is everything to us - we live and die by it. As anyone who is involved in language services will know, you have to work with freelancers; in this case freelance translators and interpreters. So, no matter how much time and effort you put into ensuring you only work with top-notch freelancers, human error and infallibilty does and will get in the way of quality. Here are real-life 10 epic fails carried out by translators and/or interpreters when on the job!

  • Africa's 10 Most Spoken Languages

    Africa is the future! Mark my words. As someone that owns a translation agency I have been keeping my eye on the continent and can see the progress as well as what's to come. So with the future looking bright, it's obvious business will boom and as a result the demand for language services will hopefully also boooooom! So I thought it would be useful to check out African's top ten spoken languages.

  • 10 Best Movies With Translators & Interpreters

    Did you see the fake sign language interpreter at the Mandela memorial? He nearly fooled the world; which got me thinking - how much do people actually know about the job of translators and interpreters? As with many things in life, we are often educated by the movies. So I thought I would do some digging into the portrayal of linguists in Hollywood to try and find the best 10 movies with a translator or interpreter. And here we go! My choices are based on a mix of factors including box office takings, relevance and the type of translation carried out.

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