ISEM CI : LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE

Across the world, freelancing is growing. The new reality of global economic uncertainty has created different ways of working, with many individuals forced out of traditional fulltime roles and into freelance positions out of necessity.  However, many people have also opted to work freelance voluntarily, in pursuit of the financial and lifestyle benefits that freelancing can provide.  As freelancing becomes more established as a career path – so much so that the term “independent workforce” is now becoming an established phrase to describe the world’s freelance community – more and more workers are seeing the benefits of leaving traditional fulltime employment behind.  Translators were in many respects some of the early pioneers of freelance working. The nature of their work is ideally suited to a freelance lifestyle, particularly in relation to the freedom of location that freelancing can incorporate.  Professional translation  often includes the ebbs a...

Translators coping with new challeng es  With globalization, we witnessed the emergence of new translation demands in various fields (multilingual communication, humanitarian mediation, strategic intelligence), all of them are based on the growing importance of multilingualism and plurilingualism, which became the main criterion regarding individuals, media and tools.  With the integration of media and the control of information diffused in several languages ​​throughout the world, the translator won its linguistic nobility by becoming a strategic actor within institutions and companies at an international escale.   Internet spread worldwide only strengthened this strategic position by further expanding the range of skills of the translator and the scope of his interventions.  From now on, he is sometimes "communicator" in several languages, sometimes "mediator" in a crisis or conflict zone and, sometimes, "multilingual watchman" looking for...

Multilingual intelligence and its impact. Strategic multilingual intelligence is an activity, rightly considered as strategic for companies, administrations or organizations, because getting a comprehensive understanding of a globalized environment is to give oneself the means to take the relevant decisions and prepare to act in a targeted way to achieve the set objectives. The 1990s, as a result of globalization, witnessed the translator  becoming the very partner of colpanies, administrations...since he is the one in charge of this new field .  Methods and tools for documentary research, selection and processing of multilingual information helped making great progress in this area. La veille multilingue et son impact La veille multilingue est une activité, à juste titre, considérée comme stratégique pour l'entreprise, l'Administration ou les organisations, car savoir écouter un environnement mondialisé, c'est se donner les moyens de prendre les décisions ...

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Why do you need to hire a translator? Business is becoming more globalized every day, creating fantastic opportunities for growth, particularly in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. But expanding globally can be one of the most significant challenges for a growing business. In addition to adapting your company to the challenges of conducting business overseas, and internationall, you must also confront the all-important issue of communication. Even though English is the established language of business, those who don't speak English well—or at all—would understandably prefer to do business in their native tongues. By reaching out to current and prospective clients in their own languages, you are much more likely to secure and retain their business. Whether you're expanding to global markets, or simply traveling for business, how can you cross the language barrier? There's one simple first step: Hire a professional translator. A trans...