Feb 14, 2022 | Customs from Around the World
Lupercalia. Does this ring a bell? It’s not surprising if it doesn’t – Lupercalia is the name of a Roman fertility festival that our ancestors celebrated until the end of the 5th Century CE. Pope Gelasius outlawed Lupercalia, deeming it un-Christian...
Feb 7, 2022 | Amazon Seller Updates, Amazon translations, Localization and content, Tips and Hacks
“Things could be brought into being that had no name in English – Weltanschauung, Schadenfreude, Sippenhaft, Sonderweg, Scheissfreundlichkeit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung. Austrian writer Anna Funder extolled the beauty of the German language. Compound words, which are...
Jan 31, 2022 | Amazon Seller Updates, Customs from Around the World
We blinked our eyes and Chinese New Year is upon us! Doesn’t it feel like 2022 is already going by too quick for comfort? All over the Amazon world, things get a little quiet. According to East West Design-Manufacturing-Distribution, factories and businesses...
Jan 24, 2022 | Amazon Seller Updates, Amazon translations, Localization and content
If you’re thinking of selling on Amazon Germany, you’re making the right decision. After all, it’s the second biggest platform after Amazon US. Around 50% of German nationals own an Amazon account. So, what’s stopping you? Perhaps an unfamiliarity with the stoic...
Jan 11, 2022 | Customs from Around the World, YLT team
The funny thing about remote work is, you create relationships with people you’ve never even seen in person. I believe that the strength of an organization is its people – but even more so in the world of translations and localization, where output rides on the...
