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The Translating Europe Workshop titled ’Digitalization and linguistic accessibility’ in Helsinki on 18 October, co-organized with Finnish Language Service Providers SKY, will look at the implications of the Web Accessibility Directive and linguistic accessibility in general through several stakeholder insights relevant to the language service industries. Common threads through all of them are digital solutions…
In its press release published on 13 March, the Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters (SKTL) commented on the position of subcontractors in competitive tendering processes related to translation services. Finnish Language Service Providers (SKY) welcomes all discussion about practices in the industry and sees it as positive that all participants in the value chain…
Finnish Language Service Providers (SKY) kicked off 2020 with an after-work event on Tuesday 4 February. Around twenty people from our member companies gathered at Scandic Simonkenttä Hotel’s conference facilities, in downtown Helsinki, to hear what Renato Beninatto, a seasoned veteran and authority on the industry, had to say about the importance of sales for…
Registration is now open for #KIELI2018 conference. Sign up now, EARLY BIRD rate is available until the end of July!
Käännösalalla on väitelty viime aikoina taas kerran kääntämisen hinnasta. YLE tituleerasi asiantuntijaksi sivutoimista kääntäjää, jonka polkumyynti sai osakseen ryöpytystä alan keskustelufoorumeilla. Turussa huhtikuussa kokoontunut Kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen symposiumi (KäTu) taas pohti eri näkökulmista, mikä on kääntämisen hinta ja kuka siitä loppujen lopuksi maksaa. Kuulen usein, että asiantuntijatyöstä kuuluu maksaa asiantuntijan palkka tai palkkio, onhan takana…
Many Facebook users and pages already have access to a feature that allows them to write posts in different language versions. Recipients see the update in the language version they use on Facebook. The feature must be enabled in Facebook’s Language settings. Enable the feature to create different language versions of your posts under “Post…
SKY will carry out a market research of the language service industry in 2018. The comprehensive project is the first of its kind in Finland in regards to surveying the economical figures, prospects and challenges of the companies involved. The research is carried out by an independent international language industry expert. Our goal is to…
On 22–24 November 2017, the Nordic Translation Industry Forum (NTIF) (link: www.ntif.se) was organised for the first time in Finland. The Swedish power ladies Ann-Marie Colliander-Lind and Cecilia Enbäck have organised the conference six times before this. The conference has toured different Nordic cities and Helsinki had already waited eagerly for its turn. The conference…