| Language is more than just words. People | | | | translations and translators are used to speak to |
| communicate through inflection, body language, | | | | large groups of foreign workers who are |
| tone, and facial expressions. Translators have the | | | | desperately seeking employment in America. |
| difficult job of translating words on a page. They | | | | Translation services are busier than ever |
| do not have the benefit of non-verbal cues. But | | | | translating documents from different countries |
| how does a translator translate not only words, | | | | since many companies now conduct business |
| but meaning? And what are the benefits of | | | | internationally. When these companies hold |
| translation? | | | | company meetings and symposiums, translators |
| The biggest responsibility of a Spanish translation | | | | are needed to help people get to their seminars, |
| services provider is to convey not only | | | | to restaurants, and to their hotels. |
| information but also emotion. There are many | | | | In some cases, meaning in language is being |
| words used to express emotion. Just as there are | | | | abandoned by the need for basic information. |
| many emotions, finding the right words can be | | | | Translators are used to help others navigate |
| very difficult. Translation services try to provide | | | | through a new country. America today, for |
| the best they can, but is it enough? What tools | | | | example, is torn between those who want to |
| does a translator need when looking at a piece of | | | | learn other languages and those who feel learning |
| text? | | | | a new language is a form of surrender. They are |
| A good translator will read over the entire text | | | | afraid of being taken over by another country. So |
| first. Then they will begin to see beyond the | | | | instead of learning another language, America |
| words and into the text's meaning. Spanish | | | | relies on translators in order to communicate, not |
| translators need to choose their words carefully. | | | | understand. Understanding a culture consists of |
| They will translate sentence by sentence while | | | | knowing the meanings behind words and phrases, |
| trying to stay as close to the emotional feeling as | | | | which go far beyond communicating information. |
| they can. This is very tedious work since there | | | | The benefits of quality translation are being |
| are words in Spanish that do not have an English | | | | ignored. This can cause unhappiness in the |
| equivalent and vice versa. After a few drafts, | | | | workplace, trouble in schools, and disruptions in |
| they will find enough similarities in the two works | | | | neighborhoods because every person wants to be |
| and will hopefully convey the meaning of one text | | | | understood. Translation services serve a huge |
| in another language. | | | | purpose in a society that is linguistically changing at |
| Today, translators are needed more than ever. | | | | a very fast pace. Keeping up is getting more |
| They are needed to close cultural gaps that exist | | | | difficult as each year passes. In America |
| at the workplace, in the school system, and in | | | | especially, this has to change. |
| their own neighborhoods. English to Spanish | | | | |