Use a NAATI Accredited Translator for Dealings with the ATO

If you have come to live in Australia from overseas, you will soon be dealing with the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The ATO will issue you with a tax number which you will need in many aspects of life in this country. For instance, if you want to start up a business you may need […]
Choose Your Legal Translator Carefully

A quick search on the internet will reveal numerous language translation services which are able to provide a legal document translation service. However, there is more to the translation of legal documents than a simple translation of the language. It is important that the translators have a good working knowledge of the subject material of […]
Translation – Or How To Close A Sale With A Bit Of Effort
An anonymous German businessman is credited with the quote “When I’m selling, I’ll speak your language. When I’m buying, you’ll speak mine.”. Whether or not the source of the quote is true, the accuracy of it is hard to dispute. One of the great ironies of the growth of international trade is that in a […]
Translating – When All Is Said And Done, That’s Exactly What It Is
There’s an old joke about an Englishman, a Frenchman and a German discussing languages. The Frenchman argued that French was the best language in the world as it was the language of romance. The German argued that German was the best language in the world, because it the language of discovery of thought and science. […]
Translating The Untranslatable – The Art And Science Of Capturing Different Worlds
Everyone can spot a tourist. Even if they know exactly where they’re going. Even if they speak the language fluently. Everyone can spot a tourist because they just don’t get the little details that the locals do. They don’t understand the unwritten rules that the locals instinctively follow. Pick up any piece of non-technical writing […]
A Home Without Rent?
The idea behind the working holiday visa is to allow people to explore and experience Australia, paying their way as they go. Many travellers go about this task the conventional way of finding a job and a place to live within travelling distance of the job, but there are other approaches. House-sitting is a popular […]