Important meetings and conferences, lectures and webinars are often recorded so that the participants and/or those who couldn’t participate could have access to the information later. However, listening to a whole lecture or meeting is not always convenient....
What are transcription services? Transcription is the process of reproducing the sounds of speech, in written form, using special symbols and a set of exact rules. At QuickSilver Translate, we offer professional transcription services, from any spoken language source,...
Nowadays, online meetings and conferences, and various webinars are quickly becoming the new normal. It is certainly not a new way to work and study. However, it has become more common in the last year than it has ever been before. Whether you are working with...
If you’re anything like almost half of the American population, it’s likely that you don’t have an emergency fund or savings account with over four hundred dollars in it. This can mean that any setbacks in life leave you struggling financially and worrying about...
One of the most popular, and perhaps strangest Christmas traditions is the placing of a tree inside our house! Decorating the Christmas Tree and finding presents underneath on Christmas morning, is enjoyed by both adults and children alike. So it pains me to tell...
Christmas is just around the corner, so it's time to update your Christmas vocabulary! Celebrated annually on December 25th, Christmas is a holiday that is enjoyed by cultures and communities all around the globe. Languages, traditions, and race might divide us, but...
We're all familiar with the @ character, pronounced "at-sign" in English because of its use in e-mail addresses. Apparently it was chosen by the originator of e-mails because it was an available character in the old 7-bit ASCII (American Code for Information...
Translation is a profession that many people either don’t know much, or tend to have misconceptions about. However, it takes more to be a translator than most people imagine. There is also often much more to adapting content from one language to another than just...
For many regular people, translation is something they take for granted, or don’t even think about at all. If they don’t work with translators directly themselves, people often have no idea of what translation actually involves or what different types of translation...
It’s hard for modern readers to imagine, but in the 18th Century a large proportion of novelists published anonymously. Research suggests that in the years 1660-1750, up to 50 percent of published novels did not include the author’s name on the title page. From 1750...