Tomedes Blog

When Google Search Results Are a Million Times Short of What You’re Looking For - Try the MillionShort Search

M.E. Simpson — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:58:48 +0000

MillionShort.com: Revealing the Deepest Results of a Search Have you ever wondered, while searching for something on Google, where or how to find results that are way, waaay down in search results? What would you find if you removed say, the first 100 pages of search results for a given query? What if you removed the top [...]

Tomedes’ Hebrew Language Website Debuts

M.E. Simpson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:03:26 +0000

Tomedes Translation Services announces the debut of its new Hebrew language website, טומדס or in English, tomedes.co.il. We hope that our Hebrew speaking clients in Israel and elsewhere enjoy the convenience of our additional translation service site, which was just indexed by Google yesterday, and set up specifically for one of our largest groups of clients, as well as to reflect [...]

Buzzwords and Publicity Stunts in the Language Services Industry: Google’s Translator Toolkit

M.E. Simpson — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:00:28 +0000

Localization Service Enhancement or PR Tactics? Google recently released an update to the Google Translator Toolkit, with claims to make developers lives much easier when localizing mobile apps. The new and improved Google Translator Toolkit now allows several new formats to be uploaded to the editor for an instant “localization” of a mobile or software app. The translations are cleaner and more accurate than Google [...]

St. Patrick’s Day is a Weird Holiday

M.E. Simpson — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:18:40 +0000

It really is. Think about it - what other well-known holiday is celebrated solely because of a particular heritage or culture? What else does the Irish-born St. Patrick’s Day “celebrate” besides … Irishness? ( for those that happen to be Irish). And if you aren’t Irish at all, well you still get to drink like one [...]

“I Love Armenians”=”I Love Turkey”… Tell Me Again Why People Think Google Translate is So Amazing?

M.E. Simpson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:25:27 +0000

Google Translate Screws Up (Again) Google Translate recently corrected an inaccurate translation from Armenian to English, in which the Armenian language equivalent of “I love Armenians” was translated to ”I love Turkey.” The obvious linguistic inferences that can be drawn from such a mis-translation, regardless of one’s interpretation of the word “Turkey” - are far from what they should have been, and Armenian natives were metaphorically throwing mud-pies at their [...]

Is Your E-commerce Site Seriously STILL in English Only?

M.E. Simpson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:49 +0000

Is Your E-commerce Multi-lingual - or Mono-lingual? If you’re patting yourself on the back right now for being smart enough to install the Google Translate API on your site - move your hand upwards until it reaches your forehead. There - it is now placed properly for you to hit yourself with it. No, Google Translate does [...]

The Most Rare and Endangered Languages in the World

M.E. Simpson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:15:31 +0000

Translation Companies Cannot Translate ANY Language - Or even most languages, for that matter. We have warned against online translation groups that claim to be able to translate ANY language. Why? Because there are over 7,000 language in the world! Sure, plenty of translation companies can translate any major language, or any one of 150+ languages… [...]

2012 Top Translation Companies: Who Will They Be?

M.E. Simpson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:57:18 +0000

Translators, Unite!

M.E. Simpson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:03:28 +0000

While we are primarily a B2B translation company, there is another side to our professional base: translators. Translators are the heart and soul behind the services we offer, and when they are happy - we are happy. We have a pretty good rating on ProZ.com by the translators who have worked with us, and while [...]

Crappy Translation Can Kill You

M.E. Simpson — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:08:48 +0000

The importance of accurate, professional translation service should never be underestimated. The consequences due to negligent translation mistakes can be embarrassing - or even deadly.