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Dave

An innovative design or idea can be patented if it is new and is not already in the public domain, or if it is an adaption, i.e. involving a new and/or different design which makes it uniquely dissimilar to the original idea which may already be in the market.  An example of this would be the revolution which took place with the invention of the 'bag-less' vacuum cleaner.  There are many makes of 'bag-less' vacuum cleaners on the market, but the way they actually work will vary from model to model and each will be patented accordingly.

Tags: Patents | patented | patent | patent protection | Patent Office | UK patent

Dave

All you need to know about Government Bureaucracy:

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Dave

We are pleased to announce that Acorn Translations has moved offices.  Our details now are:

Acorn Translations Ltd
Acorn House
2 Franklin Place
Stotfold
Bedfordshire
SG5 4GT

Tel: 01462 730717
Fax: 020 8181 7279

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Details of all our services, languages covered and rates can be found on our website.

If you haven't used Acorn Translations for translation before, send us details of your requirements and we will be happy to supply you with a no-obligation quotation.  Our rates are amongst the most competitive in the market and we are proud of the rapid and efficient service we offer to all our clients.

Tags: Translation | acorn translations | languages

Dave

Although Chinese is spoken by more people on the earth than any other language, it is in second place for use on the Internet.   English remains the most popular language, not least because so many people around the world speak English as their second language, and at present more web pages are written in English than in any other language.

Tags: language | Chinese | English | Japanese | German | Spanish | Japanese speakers

Dave

To many British people, learning a foreign language is difficult, time-consuming and, to be honest, too much like hard work.  However, there are already many words taken from other languages which have been assimilated into everyday English without translation, yet everyone knows their meaning.

Tags: Foreign language | English | Translation | French | languages | Latin | modern language | language to language

Dave

If you are travelling abroad with no way of making yourself understood, some Google-powered phones now have a translator function installed which can be activated by simply speaking the phrase you require into the phone and the phone will give you the translation either as text or in a computerised voice.

Tags: translator | translator function | Translation | translating | translate text | languages | English | Mandarin | Japanese

Dave

It has been known for many years that when selecting names of products, particularly models of cars, in countries other than the country of manufacture, care should be taken to ensure that the name selected does not mean something detrimental to the product and off putting to potential customers.

Tags: Translation | China | Finnish | Spanish-speaking countries

Dave

For many years, speculation was high that the language of the Eskimos had over 400 words for 'snow'.  This speculation was based on the idea that foreign cultures, especially 'primitive peoples', see the world in a different way.  This could not be summarily disregarded because, after all, Eskomos are surrounded by snow all the time.

Tags: Eskimo language | mistranslations | German | language | foreign | English

Dave

Researchers had previously known that infants develop the ability to ape speech around twelve weeks of age and babies show a preference for spoken language mirroring the rhythm, melody and intensity patterns of their mother tongue.

Tags: language | spoken language | intonation pattern | ambient language | phonetics | French | German

Dave

Looking like glasses but without lenses, the headset has a tiny projector which displays images on the user's retina.  NEC said they were planning a style which used real-time translation to provide subtitles for communications between people without a common language.

Tags: human translator | text subtitles | voice-to-text systems | translation software | conversation | business tool | common language | translation aid | Translation

Dave

The translation industry has been debating the human versus machine subject for many years.  We have heard repeated claims that machine translation was the next big thing.  But to date, the technology has never quite arrived.  Software has improved but language changes regularly and can have multiple meanings.

Tags: translation industry | language translation | human versus machine translation | machine translation | language changes | accurate translation | major languages | language barriers | linguists | translation providers | translations

Dave

The "Internet generation" is increasingly making its presence felt, which in turn is affecting the growth of the English language.

Tags: additional words | internet | English language

Dave

The body monitoring official use of the Welsh language may take action over plans to dispense with some translation of assembly speeches.

Despite not having investigatory powers, the Welsh Language Board has questioned the amount of consultation initiated by the Assembly Commission before a decision was finalised.

Tags: Welsh language | Translation | speeches | translating speeches from English | language scheme | bilingual

Dave

Five years ago, Deputy District Judge Pollard of the Hastings County Court made an order in a divorce hearing regarding a Spanish property. The matter is still unresolved. This delay has cost the respondent dear in both financial and health terms. 

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Dave

Quick Draw McGraw

US Patent - Issued In 2004

We've all done it.  We've missed cell phone calls from a translation agency offering us work because our phone was in our pocket or purse and we just couldn't answer it before it went to voice mail.

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Dave

Redundant Recumbent.

US Patent Issued In 2000.

For translators, sitting at a computer all day can be a pain in the neck… and the back and the wrists.  The human anatomy just wasn't designed to sit in a chair all day whacking away at a keyboard.

Tags: translations | patent | translating | Translators | Translation Agency | translation job

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According  to my work principles, a real technical translator is the person that  knows technics and  some languages in adition to mothertongue and can coordinate his knowledges with the knowledge of languages.

Marco Ruzzin

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Dave

A German court has made an unusual ruling on the use of Nazi slogans.

All Nazi symbols and slogans have long been outlawed in the country. However, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice said that such slogans may be okay as long as they are translated into another language.

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