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2019 Translation & Localization Conferences Around the World

Conferences offer a host of rewards to translators who make the effort to attend them. Advantages of attending a translation conference in 2019

There are good reasons for attending a translation conference. One of the main ones is being given the opportunity to pick up new knowledge from the conference speakers and the workshops offered throughout the event. Conferences are also great places for networking and meeting both fellow translators and contacts who could end up becoming clients. Freelance translators need something to motivate them and this is what attending a conference does. 

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The Requirements and Checklist for Partner Visas in Australia

If you are married to an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen and want to live with that person in Australia you must apply for the appropriate partner visa. You can be granted a partner visa whether you are married or in a de-facto relationship as long as it is genuine and has lasted normally for at least the previous 12 months.

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German Legal Translations by German Translators

German translation services are important in today’s global economy because there are more than 100 million speakers of German and it is the most widely spoken language in Western European countries. Many businesses and organisations communicate with their counterparts in Germany so they constantly require German translations of important legal documents.

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What is a Visa Application Document Translation and Why It Is Important

There are typically a number of personal documents that are required when submitting an application for an Australian visa for any of the many visa categories including ones for permanent residency, working holidays, bridging visas and employment visas which are just a few made available by the Australian Government. It is important to remember that English is the only language that can be used when submitting any documents related to a visa application.

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Process for Applying a Schengen Visa in Australia

Australians are some of the world’s top travellers. When they visit Europe they are likely to stay between 11 and 16 days travelling in the countries. If you are an Australian citizen you are not required to get a visa for short trips to the Schengen countries in Europe. You can just arrive at the border by plane or train and get a 3-month stamp in your passport. This is issued instantly, as your passport number provides the immigration authorities with all the information they need to know about you.

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Processing Times for Australian/German Visas

There are several reasons why as a German you may wish to come to Australia. If you are travelling for leisure purposes it could be to go on holiday, to visit friends and relatives or it might be an important event like the Australian Open. If one of these is your choice you have several visa options to choose from. Each has its Australian visa processing time. For these visas, you are not permitted to work, but you are allowed to study for up to 3 months.

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Translation Issues: With High-Context & Low-Context Cultures

Translators tend to specialise in the field of translation they work in. While fields like medical and scientific translation are very technical, translators have to deal with less cultural context than in other fields. Business and marketing translators, on the other hand, must always take into account the cultural context of the text they are translating.

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Why is German Translation So Popular Today?

German Translations for Business

Germany is one of the most affluent countries in Europe. It has a large manufacturing base specialising in well-known names in the car industry like BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz. This has attracted customers from all over the world to buy the products and sell them in their own countries. Few transactions between businesses in countries that do not share the same language will be able to occur unless translations take place to ensure the trading goes to plan. This is when translating German to the trading partners’ languages is a key to successful trading relations.

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What to Look For in a Medical Translator

Because translation services are in demand in just about every field, including the medical arena, translators tend to choose a field which they call their specialism. This makes it far easier when selecting a medical translator because the selection process can be based on the translator’s experience translating in the medical field. Because translators specialise there is no need to choose any translator as there are specialists to choose from who are more reliable and provide more accurate translations.

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Certified Translations of Prenuptial Agreements

Today, with a global, mobile population that does not speak any one single language, translations are more important than ever before. This includes translations of overseas marriage contracts and overseas prenuptial agreements from other languages into English and vice versa. This has increasingly become an important part of family law and estate law litigation in recent years.

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