Behind the Scenes at YLT Translations’ Spanish Department

Behind the Scenes at YLT Translations’ Spanish Department

Check out the latest of our wildly successful #ylttranslatorprofiles! Our Spanish team lead, Aida, gives us a glimpse of what it's like to work at YLT Translations - including a quick insight into the health of the Mexican market. Many people forget that Jana herself...

Are You Making This Huge Mistake In Your German Listings?

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,...

What Converts a German Customer?

What Converts a German Customer?

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...

Spain vs. Mexico: Surprise, the Keywords are Different!

Spain vs. Mexico: Surprise, the Keywords are Different!

Spain and Mexico. Both Spanish-speaking countries with so much promise for Amazon sellers that are thinking of expanding to a new culture. Amazon.es grew so rapidly, it had a workforce of 12,000 people at the end of 2020. It’s the top eCommerce platform in Spain....

Are Translators Underpaid?

Are Translators Underpaid?

Are Translators Underpaid? You have huge translation agencies making billions of dollars per year, but the translators make so little that the business model starts to look suspicious. Unfortunately, this is a sad reality in the translations-localization world. People...