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HOW LANGUAGE SHAPES OUR INTERACTIONS
Language plays a profound role in shaping our interactions, influencing the way we communicate, understand each other, and connect on...

María Palomares Tarí
Sep 15, 2023


LITERACY & TRANSLATION BRIDGING LANGUAGE BARRIERS
Celebrated annually on September 8th, International Literacy Day was established by UNESCO in 1965 to promote literacy and the importance...

María Palomares Tarí
Sep 8, 2023


LOCALIZATION PROJECT MANAGERS: WHO ARE THEY?
When a business enters a new foreign market, it is essential to give buyers in that country a customer experience that feels familiar and...

María Palomares Tarí
Aug 17, 2023


HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HELPS TRANSLATORS
What do we actually talk about when we say AI? The European Parliament describes it as “the ability of a machine to display human-like...

María Palomares Tarí
Aug 6, 2023


LEARNING ABOUT THE DUTCH LANGUAGE
There are around 23 million native speakers of Dutch worldwide. On top of that, there are also 4 million people worldwide who speak Dutch...

María Palomares Tarí
Jun 26, 2023


WHAT MAKES A BAD TRANSLATION?
What happens when translation is done the wrong way? Edith Grossman, the translator into English of Gabriel García Marquez and Mario...

María Palomares Tarí
Jun 20, 2023


A TAPEAR! HAPPY WORLD TAPAS DAY
If there is one aspect of Spanish cuisine that is best known around the world, it is the custom of eating tasty and varied tapas. For all...

María Palomares Tarí
Jun 15, 2023


THE ROLE OF TRANSLATION IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Have you ever heard of the term cross-cultural communication? It is basically a form of global communication which describes how people...

María Palomares Tarí
Jun 5, 2023


SIMULTANEOUS VS. CONSECUTIVE INTERPRETING
Interpreters play a huge role in global businesses enabling communication when more than two foreign languages are involved in any type...

María Palomares Tarí
May 4, 2023


TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING: A NEVER-ENDING EDUCATION JOURNEY
Translation and interpreting are key to our global society, which is immersed in a new era of unprecedented international communication...

María Palomares Tarí
Apr 27, 2023


SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: THE ULTIMATE LIST
As every 23 April, at YOKO we are celebrating one of the most romantic and sexiest languages in the world… Spanish! Every...

María Palomares Tarí
Apr 23, 2023


CHINESE CHINESE TRADITIONS FOR UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY — PART 2
Rich and diverse, the Chinese language was established as an official language of the United Nations in 1946. With thousands and...

María Palomares Tarí
Apr 20, 2023


VOICE-OVER VS. DUBBING: THE KEY DIFFERENCES
We live in a multimedia world, there is no doubt about that: we can control, engage, and have everything done to our specifications, and...

María Palomares Tarí
Mar 27, 2023


FRENCH LANGUAGE AND ITS WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION
Today, 20 March, we celebrate one of the fastest growing languages in the globe… Today is French Language Day Many would describe it as...

María Palomares Tarí
Mar 20, 2023


WHEN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY MEETS TRANSLATION
International tourism is exploding, and going on vacation and exploring a new country is always an exciting adventure filled with new...

María Palomares Tarí
Mar 13, 2023


WHAT IS SUBTITLE TRANSLATION AND HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT FROM IT?
Did you know that in general, people tend to prefer watching subtitles videos? In today’s digital world, online video content plays a key...

María Palomares Tarí
Mar 6, 2023


RAMADAN: FASTING, TRADITIONS & FACTS
Most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan — the month of piety, charity and blessings — each year....

María Palomares Tarí
Mar 1, 2023


SOME SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT KOREAN LANGUAGE
Spoken by nearly 80 million native speakers worldwide, Korean is an incredibly versatile language within the top 18 most useful languages...

María Palomares Tarí
Feb 13, 2023


A QUICK INSIGHT INTO SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING
Considered one of the most mentally taxing tasks when it comes to working with a language, simultaneous interpreting is a mode of...

María Palomares Tarí
Feb 6, 2023


TRANSCREATION VS. TRANSLATION: THE KEY DIFFERENCES
WHAT IS TRANSCREATION? Transcreation is the merger of two words: translation and creation. It’s an intricate form of translating that...

María Palomares Tarí
Jan 30, 2023
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