The European Union’s new regulation for in-vitro medical devices, 2017/746 (IVDR), takes effect in May 2022. While IVDR aims to increase patient safety and company transparency, it also creates heightened challenges for the entire supply chain (especially for in-vitro diagnostic companies and their medical safety program managers). In its most recent report, the European Commission […]
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Teamwork — Because Success Doesn’t Happen Alone “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” ~Steve Jobs~ Ok, so Steve Jobs wasn’t in the language services business but this quote resonates with us too. In fact, it resonates across industries. Very rarely can we do it
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The Challenges with Acronyms in the Field of Translation “Acronyms, initialisms or simply abbreviations may seem insignificant in the field of lexicography, yetthey are a problem for translators, and could easily derail a smooth translation or interpretation.” — Dept. of Foreign Languages Lagos State University If you ask professional translators whether or not acronyms should
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You focus on your Core Business – We’ll handle the translation Translation — The Driving Force Toward Business Success It goes without saying that in today’s globalized market, effective communication across languages and cultures has become synonymous with successful international expansion. In fact, for any business wishing to enter new markets, learning to communicate in your
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So No One Needs to Start from Scratch Enhance Productivity by Going to the Source Source files are critically important if you plan on translating or localizing your company’s content now or at any time in the future. By thinking ahead and saving the correctly formatted, editable versions of your source files you will save
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Communication with Your Multilingual Workforce Capitalize on your Multilingual Workforce The future of business is global. In order to compete successfully, businesses must embrace multilingualism and learn to communicate effectively with a multilingual workforce. Subtitling and multilingual voiceover (VO) are key services that will enhance your ability to effectively train your personnel no matter their
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eLearning Training your workforce for the future “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” 1 — Eric Hoffer The world of work is changing. As such, when it comes to the workforce of the future,
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Meaningful Patient Engagement Accurate translations in the healthcare industry are more critical than ever for patient engagement. Patient engagement has even been referred to as the “holy grail of healthcare” and the “next blockbuster drug”2 due to its potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry worldwide. This evolution of medical care has been further accelerated by new
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The passing of Brexit in early 2020. The ongoing monitoring of candidate countries. COVID-19. Three formidable challenges have all complicated the race to EU/MDR compliance — as if the regulations weren’t already complicated enough. Ever since the onset of the pandemic, manufacturers worldwide have seen a spike in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) such
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Does this scenario look familiar? Joanna just finished a Zoom meeting with her safety compliance stakeholders and the news was not encouraging. Although their workforce of 15,000 employees had recently completed their mandatory safety compliance training, what they learned wasn’t sticking. Key Performance Indicators of worker safety behaviors hadn’t changed much and were still far
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