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CATEGORY / Finance
What translation actually costs in 2026 by word, page, and hour, plus the factors, tiers, and hidden fees that change your final quote.
CATEGORY / Translation services
Simultaneous happens in real time with no pause. Consecutive happens after the speaker stops. Here's how to tell which one your event actually needs.
CATEGORY / Translation services
Google DeepMind just shipped the first sign language AI in a real consumer product. Google's own release notes say it shouldn't replace a qualified interpreter in high-stakes settings. That's worth taking seriously.
CATEGORY / Translation services
A working NMT vs LLM comparison for business translation, plus what breaks when you skip human review. Updated 2026.
CATEGORY / Translation services
What simultaneous interpretation is, how it differs from consecutive interpreting, why it's cognitively demanding, and what equipment it takes.
CATEGORY / Translation services
Search interest in Article 50 quadrupled the week it became enforceable. Almost nobody writing about it has looked at what it means specifically for translated text.
CATEGORY / Translation services
A breakdown of the 7 main types of interpretation, what each one is actually used for, and how to choose the right one for your business.
CATEGORY / Translation services
Some AI-drafted translations are approved in a single pass. Others go through several rounds of vendor work spread across days before they ship. We looked at a year of Tomedes' own AI-assisted (MTPE) projects, and the difference isn't random: it lines up closely with content type.
CATEGORY / Translation services
A practical guide to what on-site interpretation costs, when it's worth paying more for over a remote option, and how booking actually works.
CATEGORY / Translation services
Over the years we've gotten requests to translate the same document for different customers. Legal documents, mostly. Both parties to the same dispute, each sending us the same contract. This has probably happened to every language service provider at some point.