Bryant Hillas, Author at Trusted Translations, Inc.

Translating Pornography: Dubbing or Subtitles?

Similar to what happens with comic strips, literature and cinema that is suitable for all audiences, pornography (whether illustrated, written or filmed) resorts to translation to broaden the horizons of

June 17, 2014

Trusted Translations at Google I/O 2014

As one of the main providers of Android application localization services within the Google Play Developer Console, Trusted Translations has been invited to participate in Google I/O 2014. Richard Estevez, CEO of

June 13, 2014

Google Play Still Doesn’t Offer Paid Apps in China

The emerging apps market both for Android as well as iOS continues to grow and it’s difficult to know when it’ll reach its ceiling, or if it ever will. If

June 6, 2014

Dictionary of Curiosities

In working as translators, we always come across words that are difficult to translate. We’ve spoken on other occasions about how certain languages use words that are curiously specific and

May 30, 2014

Team Translations

Despite the fact that many people think of a translator’s job as being a solitary task, isolated and competitive, it shouldn’t be thought of this way. To the contrary, with

May 23, 2014

The Importance of Localization in Advertising Campaigns

On this blog we have often insisted about the importance of hiring a professional translator when in need of a translation. And we have also spoken on more than one

May 16, 2014

Translation and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Without any doubt, each World Cup is an event that fires up passions and moves multitudes across the world. And even though it’s a sport known in almost every country,

May 9, 2014

Why Applications Should Be Localized

In recent years, the need to localize products has grown significantly, above all in the field of IT. Why is there such a focus on localization in this area? It’s

May 2, 2014

Game of Thrones in the Real Academia

Much has been said about the Real Academia Española of late. Much has also been said about its academics, sitting in ornate chairs with their corresponding letter engraved in wood

April 25, 2014

On Tattoos and Translation

For a few years now, it’s been fashionable to get a tattoo of some word that has a special meaning for the person in question, but in another language… and

April 21, 2014

Does U.S. Spanish Exist?

On many occasions, when translators consult with our clients about which Spanish-speaking public they want to address, we come across the answer that “we want a translation in U.S. Spanish.”

April 18, 2014

European Portuguese or Brazilian Portuguese?

Just as in previous posts we looked at the differences that exist in a single language depending on the region where it’s spoken, in this post we’ll analyze the differences

April 11, 2014

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