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The Top Translator Skills Every Good Translator Needs
I. Why a Good Translator Needs Epic Translation Skills Professional translation can spell the difference between conversions...and a target audience that finds your listing clunky, awkward, and just plain weird. That's why it's crucial to find a good translator with...
The Top Translator Skills Every Good Translator Needs
When you need your listings optimized for different languages, look for these top translator skills in the team you’re working with to ensure the best output.
Practical Advice for Modern Translators
It's 2022. On one hand, globalization seems to be slowing down - the after effects of COVID-19, supply chain disruption, global unrest, and climate change affect economic predictions. On the other hand, 76% of Amazon sellers are profitable - in spite of 90% having...
Easter is About Food, Family, and Socializing!
Easter is just around the corner! Many cultures commemorate the day in many different ways. Check out this great article that shows how children celebrate Easter all around the world! Yet, for many cultures, Christmas still takes precedence over Easter as the...
Optimization Best Practices for Your Amazon Listing
How you build your listing optimization spells the difference between getting seen, converting your audience, and doing well on Amazon - and being buried at the back of the heap of your search results. Many Amazon gurus have spoken about best practices in Amazon...
Are You Making This Huge Mistake In Your German Listings?
In this week's YLT Translator Profiles, our German Team Leader and Translator, Silke, explains why machine translation is a bad idea for English-to-German translations. When you weigh machine translation vs. human translation, the latter will always win,...
Taking Amazon Networking to the Seas with Online Seller Cruise
Many Amazon networking events are very businesslike. You go to a 2 day Amazon conference, you give a talk, you go to dinners and networking functions, then you go home and follow up on the connections you've made. Usually, at big conferences, you get distracted by...
Love or Wine? Valentine’s Day or St. Tryphon’s Day? Let’s Discuss!
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 and immoral....