Russia eases citizenship norms for native Russian speakers

In April, Russian government simplified the norms for giving citizenship to its native people. According to the new rule, citizens who can give a proof that they/their family have lived within the boundaries of Soviet Union or Russia, are eligible for getting the citizenship.

These modifications in the citizenship norms were signed by the President Vladimir Putin and made into law. He annexed Crimea last month and he was of the view that this law would protect the rights of native Russian speakers across the former Soviet Union.

The law came into force in just 3 weeks and established an easy procedure for gaining Russian citizenship for foreign citizens and also for native Russians who don’t have citizenship

This procedure is planned to take 3 months according to a report by Russian television. It requires people to give up any other citizenship before they can get a Russian passport. For applying people have to face an interview to prove that they are well-conversant in Russian language. They should prove that they use Russian in family, household and cultural spheres.

They must also prove that they or their relatives live permanently in Russian or their ancestors lived within the Soviet borders before the Revolution of Bolshevik in 1917. Earlier there were very stringent laws for getting citizenship in Russia and it was difficult for those who started living outside its borders after the Soviet got broke in 1991.

The modification in the citizenship law allows people to avoid long and official procedure in order to get citizenship.There are certain flaws in the law which still needs to be resolved. It is still not clear what criteria would be used to identify which applicant is a native speaker?

Plugins for Translating your Wordpress blog

Many people while developing their word-press site or blog assume that most of the visitors who come to their blog or website are well-versed and acquainted in English language which is not true. Lot of us have misconceptions that English is the most widely spoken and written languages in the world. Contrary to this, French and Spanish are one of the most widely used languages in the world. Let us take one example:
Suppose you want to promote your products through your blog or website on Wordpress and your target customers are European, they might not understand what your site or blog offers if it uses English language.  The solution- use wordpress language translation plugin.




Language translation plugin which allows users to translate pages from several languages like English to French, Russian to English, English to German, German to English, English to Italian translation and several other language translations. This simple plugin can translate all the webpages through a widget. There are several options for language translations plugin which can be chosen for translating your website or blog on wrodpress. You can simply select the desired language and then the widget can automatically translate your page into any language enabling you foreign users to read it easily. Let us look at some of the useful translation plugins for wordpress site:

· WP translate
· Global translator
· Simple punctual translator
· Transposh
· SDAC translator
· Google translate
· Bens Translator
· AJAX translator
· Worldwide Lexicon translator

You can use these plugins to make your blog readable and understandable by more and more people across the globe!

How cheap translations can dupe your business

Globalization has created new avenues for industries in every sector. It has given new prospects for expanding their businesses to offshore places in the foreign market. While the industries/businesses grow and establish their roots in foreign markets, most of them face the challenges of multi-lingual and multi-cultural diversity of their prospective customers. These challenges have generated the necessity of language translators who specialize in various dialects. Out of all the languages spoken around the world, French, German, Spanish, Russian and English are widely used for business communication. Language translators help businesses to communicate with their potential customers effectively by producing apt translations.

Let us take one example; a FMCG company based in Russia wants to establish its network in a Hindi speaking market of India. In order to woo its Indian customers, it will have to make a connection with Hindi speaking population, by communicating with them in Hindi. Since English is the second language of Indians so translating in English language will not solve the purpose. So, it hires a Russian translation service in India which can translate its content from Russian to Hindi. 

Now-a-days you can find numerous translation companies which provide translations in various languages. However, before you choose any translation agency you must ensure that it is certified and specializes in the languages spoken by your customers. Many translation companies claim to provide quality translations at cheap price which can actually dupe your business. A cheap translation can lead to an increase in the cost of trials due to poor quality translations. Moreover, it can delay your market planning for your targeted customers and may even get worse by leading to dismissal of your project and lawsuits by the regulators. As far as the product is concerned, a poor translation can create huge impact on its efficiency and effectiveness. Ultimately you would require re-translation of your work which will burn a hole in your pocket!

Do your translation clients come back to you?

Whether you are a translation company or any other business, it is always exciting to get a huge project from client. You complete the job putting all the efforts from you side in order to build a long-lasting relationship with your client. But you never hear from him again! Why does this happen? Why the client never comes back as a repeat client?

Getting repeat clients makes the best business. Repeat client means that you are as best as you think of yourself and moreover it gives a stability and expectedness to your business. So, how to ensure that your clients come back to you?

Feedback system

Does your business module have a feedback system for your clients? If not then please ensure that you do have an efficient feedback system so that you can know why your client is not coming back to you. For e.g., after you have successfully accomplished a translation job, why not ask your client how did he like the translation service? Ask him for suggestions. Make your feedback form anonymous or if the client is not comfortable in filling the form, call him. Feedback mechanism is an important part of any business model and it lets you to make improvements in your service/product for future clients.

Assert your standards in case of urgent projects

Many times, you land up getting an urgent and huge project from the repeat client. It is our natural instinct to commit to the project bidding lower than our regular quotes asking for extending the deadlines. You do this in order to impress your client. Here one problem arises! Since the project is an urgent and we under price ourselves, it puts a bad impression on our client. He thinks that you don’t respect your labor and it is your standard rate with long turnaround times. The ultimate result – after the crisis is passed, the client looks for another service provider leaving them annoyed, putting a bad impression about your services. Hence, it is better to maintain your standards, whatever may be the urgency!

How to overcome the language barrier in business Comunication

Our planet is a diverse place, full of people with different languages and cultures. While English is one of the most commonly known languages in business, it doesn't mean that everyone who is involved in business is well-versed and conversant in this language. Most of the recognized economies have people with diversified culture and languages. Apart from English, global world revolves around Spanish, German, French, Arabic and Italian  to name a few. Differences in languages can create major obstacle in effective business communication which can halt any global business strategy. Be it any business, in order to set footsteps in global world, one should overcome language barrier, not only for reaching more and more customers but also for enhancing the global communication strategy. Many businesses while planning their global business strategy are often dubious about their communication strategy. They are not sure about how they can bridge the communication gap between their customers.Professional translation agencies come to the rescue of such organizations. Hiring their services can help in effective international business communication. As an entrepreneur, if you are working on some important niche which involves lot of money, translation agencies may be the best option for you. You can hire them for translating and localizing your web content,  document translations  and translations related to some specific industry.  Translation companies have expert translators who are well-versed and conversant in different languages. They are certified translators who can translate and convert your webpage or document in any language you want!