6 Ways to Improve Your Marketing Strategy Marketing is an art, and like all arts, it requires a certain amount of practice. The more you do it, the better you get at it. It's essentially the basis of a successful business. But what if your marketing efforts aren’t...
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How Safe Downloading Music Really Is And How To Do It Right
Music is a huge part of life for many people. For some, it’s just background noise that they enjoy while doing other things. Others need the music to complete their day and live without it can be hard. But how safe is downloading music? Is there any way to avoid being...
Dealing with the Challenges of Working from Home
The Challenges of Working from Home Working from home has long become our new reality and is likely to only become more and more common over the years. And while there are certain benefits to remote work — we have covered some of them in the previous article, make...
How To Make A Good Online Course And Benefit From It
Knowledge is something that people always look to get. Even if they’ve graduated from the top schools and have their dream jobs already, it’s human nature to constantly look for ways to learn new things and to increase one’s skill set. For you, this is a good...
The Pitfalls of Translation for Financial Services
...and be warned, there are many! QuickSilver Translate is in touch with all the new developments in the world of finance and insurance. We offer professional translation for Financial Services. Whether you work with hedge-funds, derivatives or re-insurance;...
How to evaluate a Translation Agency
But first, how do you choose your Translation Agency? The first, and toughest, decision companies have to make when seeking translations is “Who do I turn to?”. For many companies, translation is a sector they are not familiar with and, since it is not part of their...
Why you should localise your website
Having a web presence is not enough – localise! These days, every business has to have a website. Being behind the curve in web technology will almost invariably result in your company losing business. For most companies the internet has created new business...
Translation Memory, Copyright and Data Protection
Is your data, and copyright, safe in a TM? There is a growing tendency in the translation industry to consolidate, or 'merge', Translation Memories (TMs). This is partly an aspect of a broader shift towards crowd sourcing in translation; most translation engines...
Is Translation a Commodity or a Service?
Often, the first thing people want to know when they need a professional translation, is how much it is going to cost. This is clearly a crucial question. However, it is becomes more nuanced as we start delving deeper into the nature of translation. In short, there...
Translators without Borders needs you!
Just a few words about an organisation that we at QuickSilver Translate are big fans of: Translators without Borders. Translators without Borders (TWB) is a non-profit organisation offering language and translation support for humanitarian and development agencies,...