Guten Tag! It is officially SXSW week here in Austin, Texas! We couldn’t be more excited to share with you one of our favorite...

The World is becoming increasingly global as the use of technology increases and evolves. This means that more businesses large and...

Take Small, Effective Steps Towards Your Goal It won’t happen overnight. Taking your business global doesn’t mean you have to jump fully...

England: Guy Fawkes Day ​

Mexico: Dia de los Muertos #LanguageTranslations #WorldHolidays #Worldmarketing

​China: Teng Chieh In China, the purpose of their Halloween season is to create a remembrance of the dead and freeing of the spirits of...

Halloween is one of the most exciting holidays and is celebrated all around the world. Most know Halloween as a day to dress up in a...

Culture The Latin American culture is a collectivist one. Meaning that much of the business and communication is family oriented. Latin...

​ 4. Meetings are not for brainstorming or decisions. Question: What is the difference between why Americans attend meetings and why...

Anyone who has spent time working with the Japanese knows that their thoughts, motivations, and priorities are often hidden from view....

This month blog post, we will talk a little more about the does and donts of doing business in Germany and with Germans. Product and...

When dealing with Germans in business or visiting Germany, you feel that everybody speaks English. In fact, most white collar workers and...

There are some interesting facts about languages that you would have never guessed - some interesting (Pinocchio is the book available in...

In 1977, US President Jimmy Carter traveled to Poland to hold the United States’ first-ever news conference in a communist country. ...

Proper Japanese business meeting etiquette is particularly nuanced and, in some respects, differs significantly from business etiquette...

The importance of good translation is most obvious when things go wrong. Here are three examples that show just how high-stakes the job...

Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish where it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea." Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer...

In Armenian, it is called hndkahav or hntkahav (Հնդկահավ), literally meaning “Indian chicken”. In Hebrew, the turkey is called tarnegol...

Did You Know? There are about 7,000 languages in the world. There are 50,000 characters in the Chinese language. You’ll need to know...

This makes us German here at Bare Bones Translations laugh every time because it is true - this is how we speak. So next time you hear a...