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Why Trauma Breaks Communication, and How to Take Back Control
02 Apr ‘26

Why Trauma Breaks Communication, and How to ...

Discover how trauma, burnout, and stress affect communication, and learn practical tools to ...

The Future of Real-Time Interpreting Technology in 2026
26 Mar ‘26

The Future of Real-Time Interpreting ...

Explore real-time interpreting technology in 2026, including AI tools, remote platforms, and why ...

Translation

Top 7 Industries That Can’t Afford Poor Translation in 2026

By Fady Tawfik on 2 March 2026

In 2026, poor translation isn’t just embarrassing ... it’s expensive. As organizations expand globally and serve increasingly multilingual ...

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Why Is Document Translation Critical to Your Business?

By Ad Astra on 12 September 2024

Why Is Document Translation Critical? Document translation is more than just converting words from one language to another; it's about ensuring the ...

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Why Insurance Translation Services Are Crucial?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 27 October 2023

Why Language Services Are Crucial in Insurance Accessible language services play an essential role in the insurance industry. In order for insurance ...

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Insurance Mistranslation: Business Risks of Language Errors

By Ad Astra Social Team on 23 October 2023

Mistranslation in Insurance – How Language Errors Can Impact Your Business In the ever-globalizing world we live in, clear communication across ...

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Canadian Food Labeling Done Right

By Ad Astra Social Team on 16 June 2023

Canadian Food Labeling Done Right While Canada may be known for its poutine, ice hockey (and the riots after the Stanley Cup finals) and maple syrup, ...

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Deaf/Blind Community Emergency Planning: Are You Ready?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 10 February 2023

Deaf/Blind Community Emergency Planning: Are You Ready? The recent 7.8 magnitude earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that occurred on February 6, 2023 ...

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Tips For Supporting Non-English Speaking Insurance Customers

By Ad Astra Social Team on 27 January 2023

Tips For Supporting Non-English Speaking Insurance Customers Obtaining insurance coverage offers people a sense of assurance and protection. You ...

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Best Practices for Medical Device Translation

By Ad Astra Social Team on 4 November 2022

Best Practices for Medical Device Translation Medical device translation is a sector where a single word can have the power to change lives! Quality ...

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Are there languages that can’t be translated?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 21 October 2022

Are there languages that can’t be translated? With more than 7,000 languages alive… there certainly must be some untranslatables ones, right? ...

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What Makes a Good Translation Good?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 7 October 2022

What Makes a Good Translation Good? A good translation speaks to the target audience, conveying not just the original meaning but also its nuances. A ...

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Localizing New Electric Vehicle Terminology in Emerging Markets

By Ad Astra Social Team on 26 August 2022

Localizing New Electric Vehicle Terminology in Emerging Markets Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed there are more ...

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Home Hardware Localization Tips and Tricks

By Ad Astra Social Team on 12 August 2022

Home Hardware Localization Tips and Tricks Whether you’re a DIY home enthusiast, a hardware supplier looking to go international, or a home hardware ...

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Your Intro to Using OPI

By Ad Astra Social Team on 1 July 2022

Your Intro to Using OPI Do you want to communicate with a client or patient that doesn’t speak your language? Then over the phone interpreting is ...

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How Business Translation Works with an Agency

By Ad Astra Social Team on 16 June 2022

How Business Translation Works with an Agency Global business expansion depends heavily on clear and accurate multilingual communication. Whether ...

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What’s the Difference Between Translation and Localization?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 2 June 2022

What’s the Difference Between Translation and Localization? For most of human history, geography determined who you could form relationships with. ...

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How and Why To Localize Your SEO Materials

By Ad Astra Social Team on 19 May 2022

How and Why To Localize Your SEO Materials Suppose your product is a resounding success in your current market. You might be thinking, “my fellow ...

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You’ve had a car accident with someone that doesn’t speak your ...

By Ad Astra Social Team on 6 May 2022

You’ve had a car accident with someone that doesn’t speak your language. What do you do? Getting involved in an accident is an unpleasant situation, ...

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What Is App Localization?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 21 April 2022

What Is App Localization? A Quick Guide. Apps are such an integral part of our daily lives today that it’s difficult to imagine what we did without ...

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Best Practices for Translating Insurance Policies

By Ad Astra Social Team on 8 April 2022

Best Practices for Translating Insurance Policies Insurance agents and brokers are responsible for finding a policy that will serve you best! Their ...

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Best Practices for Multilingual Customer Service

By Ad Astra Social Team on 25 March 2022

Best Practices for Multilingual Customer Service You may have consumers from all over the globe, but how can you ensure they are comfortable using ...

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Funny Stories About Over the Phone Interpreting

By Ad Astra Social Team on 11 March 2022

Funny Stories About Over the Phone Interpreting Over-the-phone (OPI) interpretation is an instant lifeline for people in need of language access ...

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Top 5 issues with Localizing E-Learning courseware

By Ad Astra Social Team on 14 February 2022

Top 5 issues with Localizing E-Learning courseware TL;DR E-Learning, simply put, is huge. As a result, localizing E-Learning is quite a task. In ...

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From the Mouths of OPI Interpreters

By Ad Astra Social Team on 1 February 2022

From the Mouths of OPI Interpreters Over the phone interpreting (OPI) has become a critical life-line for many during the last few years of the ...

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The Most Common Rare Languages in America

By Ad Astra Social Team on 20 January 2022

The Most Common Rare Languages in America Can you believe that the USA has no official language? Yes, most Americans speak English and it is the “de ...

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Why These Are The Top 5 Most Difficult Languages to Translate

By Ad Astra Social Team on 14 October 2021

Why These Are The Top 5 Most Difficult Languages to Translate In this day and age, we connect and work with people from all around the world. Most of ...

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What International Translation Day Means To Ad Astra

By Ad Astra Social Team on 30 September 2021

What International Translation Day Means To Ad Astra September 30th marks International Translation Day. It’s a day to put a spotlight on one of the ...

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Language Industry Scams That Exist

By Ad Astra Social Team on 3 September 2021

Language Industry Scams That Exist The language industry is an industry not very well known to most of us. But, nonetheless, there are moments in our ...

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Translation Process Do’s and Don’ts

By Ad Astra Social Team on 19 August 2021

Translation Process Do’s and Don’ts The rendering from one language to another is not as easy a process as it may seem. A great understanding of the ...

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The Countries With the Most Official Languages and How They Translate

By Ad Astra Social Team on 5 August 2021

The Countries With the Most Official Languages and How They Translate With more than 6,500 languages worldwide, it is not uncommon for countries to ...

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A Hard Look at Certifications: Are They Worth It?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 23 July 2021

A Hard Look at Certifications: Are They Worth It? One of the elements of business growth in language services for businesses and translators is ...

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Classic but Funny Mistranslations

By Ad Astra Social Team on 15 July 2021

Classic but Funny Mistranslations Have you ever come across a translation that seemed too hard to believe or was funny? Many funny mistranslations ...

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What Is The Best Way To Get Translation Services?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 21 May 2021

What Is The Best Way To Get Translation Services? You can’t be a local champion forever; a time will come when you will have to widen your market ...

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A 101 Buyer’s Guide on Translation Services

By Ad Astra Social Team on 14 March 2021

Understanding the Investment of Professional Translation Services Is driving down translation cost really to your benefit? For some time, the ...

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Looking to change language service providers?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 26 February 2021

Yea, we know. You had something translated in a language that you, nor any of your staff understand, and are now getting complaints about the quality ...

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Medical Translation and Medical Interpreting During the 2020 Pandemic

By Ad Astra Social Team on 30 July 2020

What’s New at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)? The National Institutes of Health (NIH), comprised of 27 Institutes, Centers and Offices, is a ...

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Translation

Top 7 Industries That Can’t Afford Poor Translation in 2026

By  Fady Tawfik    On 2 March 2026
In 2026, poor translation isn’t just embarrassing ... it’s expensive. As organizations expand globally and serve increasingly multilingual communities, language accuracy directly ...
mistranslation Translation Translation Errors

Why Is Document Translation Critical to Your Business?

By  Ad Astra    On 12 September 2024
Why Is Document Translation Critical? Document translation is more than just converting words from one language to another; it's about ensuring the meaning, tone, and nuances are ...
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Why Insurance Translation Services Are Crucial?

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 27 October 2023
Why Language Services Are Crucial in Insurance Accessible language services play an essential role in the insurance industry. In order for insurance organizations to be compliant ...

Interpretation

Live Interpretation at the World Cup: How Does It Work?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 13 December 2022

Live Interpretation at the World Cup: How Does It Work? One of the most popular worldwide events is here, uniting people of all countries and ...

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Where in the World is Karen Carragher?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 21 September 2022

Where in the World is Karen Carragher? We chat with Karen about her 88 day, solo journey around the world as a deaf woman. We catch up with our ...

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How we help academic institutions with language accessibility

By Ad Astra Social Team on 29 July 2022

How we help academic institutions with language accessibility It’s critical that we as a nation support our college students who are English Learners ...

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What's the difference between community & non-community interpreting?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 13 July 2022

What is the difference between community interpreting and non-community interpreting? Interpreting has taken on an even more critical role since the ...

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Your Intro to Using OPI

By Ad Astra Social Team on 1 July 2022

Your Intro to Using OPI Do you want to communicate with a client or patient that doesn’t speak your language? Then over the phone interpreting is ...

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Funny Stories About Over the Phone Interpreting

By Ad Astra Social Team on 11 March 2022

Funny Stories About Over the Phone Interpreting Over-the-phone (OPI) interpretation is an instant lifeline for people in need of language access ...

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From the Mouths of OPI Interpreters

By Ad Astra Social Team on 1 February 2022

From the Mouths of OPI Interpreters Over the phone interpreting (OPI) has become a critical life-line for many during the last few years of the ...

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The Most Common Rare Languages in America

By Ad Astra Social Team on 20 January 2022

The Most Common Rare Languages in America Can you believe that the USA has no official language? Yes, most Americans speak English and it is the “de ...

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The Real Deal on ASL Tech and Apps

By Ad Astra Social Team on 6 January 2022

The Real Deal on ASL Tech and Apps Every few months articles and imagery featuring a young engineer, confidently smiling while wearing a futuristic ...

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Training For Interpreters: What’s Important and What’s Not 

By Ad Astra Social Team on 9 December 2021

Ongoing Training For Interpreters: What’s Important and What’s Not  Ongoing Training is the most critical component of being a successful ...

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Why ASL Interpreters Are Hard to Find?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 12 November 2021

Why ASL Interpreters Are Hard to Find? Ensuring Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Deafblind individuals have access to qualified and effective American ...

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How to Become an ASL Interpreter

By Ad Astra Social Team on 17 September 2021

How to Become an ASL Interpreter With about 1 in 20 people in the US population being considered Deaf or Hard of Hearing, it’s critical that our ...

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Where can I find an interpreter?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 27 May 2021

Where can I find an interpreter? You have an important call with a potential client in days and don’t speak their language…a patient is in dire need ...

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Live Interpretation at the World Cup: How Does It Work?

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 13 December 2022
Live Interpretation at the World Cup: How Does It Work? One of the most popular worldwide events is here, uniting people of all countries and languages! The World Cup craze has ...
Interpretation Community Interpreting The more you know Interpreters Food for thought

Where in the World is Karen Carragher?

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 21 September 2022
Where in the World is Karen Carragher? We chat with Karen about her 88 day, solo journey around the world as a deaf woman. We catch up with our Community Engagement Representative ...
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How we help academic institutions with language accessibility

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 29 July 2022
How we help academic institutions with language accessibility It’s critical that we as a nation support our college students who are English Learners (EL) and Deaf & Hard of ...
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Ep.22 | Examining the Recent Executive Order Declaring English as the Official Language of the U.S. | Dr. Bill Rivers

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Ep.24 |War, Identity & Activism: A Ukrainian Voice from the Frontlines

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Ep.31 | The Real Journey to Becoming a Professional Interpreter|Amparo

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Ep.23 | Designing for Healing: Trauma-Informed Spaces with Ghizlaine Mallek

Localization

Localizing New Electric Vehicle Terminology in Emerging Markets

By Ad Astra Social Team on 26 August 2022

Localizing New Electric Vehicle Terminology in Emerging Markets Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed there are more ...

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Home Hardware Localization Tips and Tricks

By Ad Astra Social Team on 12 August 2022

Home Hardware Localization Tips and Tricks Whether you’re a DIY home enthusiast, a hardware supplier looking to go international, or a home hardware ...

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What’s the Difference Between Translation and Localization?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 2 June 2022

What’s the Difference Between Translation and Localization? For most of human history, geography determined who you could form relationships with. ...

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Top 5 issues with Localizing E-Learning courseware

By Ad Astra Social Team on 14 February 2022

Top 5 issues with Localizing E-Learning courseware TL;DR E-Learning, simply put, is huge. As a result, localizing E-Learning is quite a task. In ...

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Localizing New Electric Vehicle Terminology in Emerging ...

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 26 August 2022
Localizing New Electric Vehicle Terminology in Emerging Markets Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed there are more electric vehicles around today than ...
Localization Home Hardware Translation The more you know Food for thought

Home Hardware Localization Tips and Tricks

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 12 August 2022
Home Hardware Localization Tips and Tricks Whether you’re a DIY home enthusiast, a hardware supplier looking to go international, or a home hardware product manager, being able to ...
Localization Translation

What’s the Difference Between Translation and Localization?

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 2 June 2022
What’s the Difference Between Translation and Localization? For most of human history, geography determined who you could form relationships with. Even if you weren’t locked in by ...

World of AI

Is Google or Chat GPT Better to Translate With?

By Ad Astra Social Team on 1 September 2023

Is Google or Chat GPT Better to Translate With? In the bustling digital arena of 2023, two giants face off: Google Bard and ChatGPT. But which is the ...

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Is Google or Chat GPT Better to Translate With?

By  Ad Astra Social Team    On 1 September 2023
Is Google or Chat GPT Better to Translate With? In the bustling digital arena of 2023, two giants face off: Google Bard and ChatGPT. But which is the best when you need to ...