Covid-19’s impact on the gaming industry COVID-19 has had a significant impact on every business in the globe, including gaming. As the world hunkered down, gaming exploded as people sought ways to pass the time while the physical movement was restricted. Despite the fact that gaming consumption has increased, we wanted to look at the statistics to see [...]
If Japan is famous for its manga, South Korea also boasts of webtoons, the modern-day verticalized manhwa. Among the most popular South Korean webtoons worldwide is the romantic webtoon Nevertheless which was recently adapted into a K-drama (Korean drama or TV series), UnOrdinary, and Love Revolution. They are even popular in the West. Several webtoon translation companies are working [...]
Webtoon, a new tool for the cultural proliferation of South Korea Korea’s digital economy sketched the meteoric rise of the webtoon industry along with Korean films and drama. Webtoons are comics published on the online web and mobile platforms, and they form a new social phenomenon in the digital era: "webtooniverse". The global k-webtoon community is quickly expanding, [...]
Who hasn’t heard of Super Mario or Sony’s PlayStation consoles? None, most likely. This is how widely popular Japanese games and console makers, or the Japanese gaming culture in general, have become throughout the previous decades. "Video games would not have grown as an independent sector without Japan, and no other country has contributed to this field, from software [...]
Have you ever thought of translation as an easy skill to acquire? That is, you just need to know English and one more language? Let us explain why it’s not as simple as many people think. You don’t just become a translator after a few days of experience. Moreover, the fact that you speak two languages doesn’t automatically make [...]
The French video games industry Best-selling video games that originated in France contribute huge milestones in the global video game industry. They are one of France’s largest cultural fields creating new careers combining technological innovations with storytelling, illustration, animation, music production, and more. The world's video game industry generated $120 billion in revenue in 2019, with France having [...]
With billions of people around the globe, thousands of languages are spoken globally. Moreover, in the business world, languages play a huge part for global expansion. For those who believe that their business needs a website, one of the most common questions is which languages they should translate their website into. Multilingual website translation expands the target audience of [...]
Over the past years, professional business translation services have mostly been provided over the internet, especially among those engaged in business activities requiring dealings with foreign entities and in different languages, whether English, French or rarer languages. Trade is taking place between different countries of the world; this, thus, requires the involvement of various languages. To be able to [...]
A manga translation varies considerably from one translator to another. Aside from this, different approaches and preferences are used by publishers, adapters, and translation companies. If you are a new manga translator and want to learn more about how to do things correctly, a style guide is an excellent place to start. This is not a "prime guide" on [...]
The Middle East is one of the most critical regions globally for business, especially in the gaming industry, a growing and demanding market for new games whether available on computers, consoles, or mobile phones. In 2018, the video game localization to the Arabic industry was valued at $148.8 billion, while the middle east industry accounted for $4.8 billion, representing 3% [...]
