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Thanksgiving – Avantpage’s Gratitude
Thanksgiving is always a fantastic opportunity to spend time with friends and family, we as a business are thankful for that! The language industry this year has had a lot of exciting new developments, so we wanted to point out our favorite trends and let you in on...
Rolling Stone’s Latino Crossover
On November 11th earlier this month, Rolling Stone Magazine introduced its first Spanish language section into its pages focusing on Latino music and culture!1 The back of the issue is a secondary cover featuring the crossover rapper Pitbull. According to the...
Basics of Healthcare Translation
Translation is harder than it sounds! As a translator, besides just knowing the target and original languages fluently, you should also be familiar with the particular jargon of the field or industry you are translating for, as well as the nuances of wording and...
The California Health Benefit Exchange, New Work in Healthcare Translation
Covered California--the New Name of California's Health Benefit Exchange The California Health Benefit Exchange is an entity devoted to making healthcare and insurance more affordable and higher quality for all Californians, regardless of income or background. On...
Avantpage Celebrates 16 Years of Translation
Today our company turns 16 years old, and we couldn’t be more proud to do the important work of translation for healthcare, elections, government, education and more. Since 1996, we’ve translated documents, web media, school reports, voter guides, Medicare forms and...
Halloween in Modern Times, A Feat from Culture to Culture
Halloween is widely thought to have originated from Celtic tradition, and was officially incorporated into the Christian calendar by Pope Gregory III in the 8th century, when he designated Novermber 1st ‘All Saints’ Day,’ and the evening before as ‘All Hallow’s Eve!’...