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By Carolin Menendez | Compass author With over 559 million Spanish speakers globally, the Spanish language offers a sizeable and fast-growing customer base for businesses looking to expand their market reach. For example, about 1,900 people search Google every month for the very competitive English term “divorce lawyer in Miami.”…
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By Olivia Caputo | Compass author Thanks to the success of international blockbusters like Parasite and Squid Game (both originally in Korean), video translation and subtitling have now become hot topics. Lots of people are asking whether “subs or dubs” make for a better or worse viewing experience. There are…
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As an ATA certified Spanish-to-English translator specializing in medical and marketing translation as well as official documents, my job is not just to change words from one language to another; it’s about bridging cultures and connecting worlds. I have been a translator since 2006, and in this blog, I want…
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