Things to Consider as a Woman in the MENA Gig Economy
The gig economy is a labor market that accommodates milestone-by-milestone or short-term independent, provisional tasks. Workers are often paid upon the completion of a job, unlike the traditional employment structures where workers receive upon agreements and on a monthly basis. Within the gig economy, individuals work as freelancers. According to the conclusions of a study […]
Businesses’ Survival Kit in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak
In December 2019, a novel virus, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), took the world by storm, permeating China and spreading across the globe. By March 22, the World Health Organization had reported 294,110 confirmed cases and 12,944 death across 186 countries1. Under the global state of emergency prompted by the outbreak, in addition to complete lockdown […]
Arabic Dialects: Different Types of Arabic Language
Arabic is a rich language with over 25 dialects spoken globally. This article explores the differences between Modern Standard Arabic and major regional dialects like Egyptian, Maghrebi, Gulf, and Levantine. With its over 420 million native speakers globally, Arabic is one of the most spoken languages worldwide, and 28 nations use Arabic as their official […]
Tarjama Launches AI-Powered, Self-Service Language Platform Exclusively for Businesses
Tarjama’s linguistic AI and Neural Machine Translation meet world-leading linguists in a simple, cloud-based platform that delivers optimized content for businesses. Dubai, UAE – 20 December, 2020 – Tarjama, the MENA’s leading provider of smart language solutions, today announces the release of T-Portal, its new smart language platform that offers a better way for businesses […]
What Countries That Speak Arabic Language?
The History of the Arabic Language Arabic is one of the famous languages that has wide global popularity; it is a part of the Central Semitic language family, which includes Aramaic, Hebrew, and Phoenician. The Arabic language is believed to have evolved from Aramaic more than a millennium ago among the Bedouin nomadic tribes in […]
Tarjama Included as MENA Leader in Gartner Market Guide for AI-Enabled Translation Services
Dubai, UAE – June 6, 2022 – Tarjama, a pioneering language service provider in the MENA Region, has been included in the Market Guide for AI-Enabled Translation Services published by Gartner, one of the world’s leading research and advisory companies. The key finding of the guide is how advances in AI, with neural machine translation […]
Training Case Study: Equipping Saudi Women to Excel In The Translation Labor Market
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Arabic Translation Challenges: Mastering Complex Arabic
Translating Arabic involves navigating over 25 dialects, complex grammar, and right-to-left formatting. This guide reveals why literal translation fails and how transcreation preserves the language’s uniquely poetic and figurative essence. The need for intercommunication between different nations has always been a hot topic since the dawn of time. In spreading the cultural knowledge and taking […]
8 Mobile Apps for Translators for Productivity and Well-being
Translation requires more than just language skills—it demands expert task management. This guide features eight mobile apps to help translators streamline workflows, secure data, and maintain focus through mental well-being. Translation practice is as old as the history of humanity. It has had a crucial role in communication between different cultures and languages, especially in […]
Transcreation: Why Transcreation is Vital for Your Global Content Strategy
Transcreation blends translation with creative adaptation to ensure your message resonates culturally. This article explores why this technique is essential for branding, marketing slogans, and languages with rich figurative nature. Transcreation takes place within the field of translation studies. However, as a technique that is considered to provide more creative results compared to the translation, […]
Why Localization is More Important For E-Commerce?
E-commerce localization goes beyond simple translation to adapt content for diverse cultures. This article highlights 10 key reasons—from improved SEO to increased profits—why localizing your online store is essential for globalization. In today’s world, every company selling online should follow a successful e-commerce localization strategy to build brand awareness and expand globally. These practices have […]
15 Localization Mistakes That Can Cost You Your Business
Localization is complex and prone to errors. This article outlines 15 common mistakes—from disproportionate text and odd idioms to ignoring local dialects—that can harm your brand reputation and bottom line. Editing content for different regions and customers, considering the region’s cultural differences and cultural norms in question, is called localization. Every localization practice related to […]
How to Develop Cultural Intelligence in Your Business?
The topic of cultural diversity hasn’t only appeared in recent decades. Research has shown that cultural diversity and intermingling of societies has been around since prehistoric man. Scientists were able to track down the origins of this concept through archeological remains that point to the existence of ethnic and cultural groups within a society in prehistory. How were the […]
Tarjama Ranked Among Top 10 Most Reliable Language Solution Providers in 2020 by IndustryWired
Dubai, UAE – Tarjama, a global leader in content creation, translation, and delivery, has been positioned among the Top 10 Translation Language Solution Providers of 2020 by IndustryWired. IndustryWired’s independent analysis helps companies make informed decisions by providing go-to industry insights, trends and reports on top business leaders. Their 2020 editorial highlighted Tarjama as one […]
How Translation Memory Cuts Costs and Maximizes Consistency
Translation Memory is a vital bilingual database that stores past translations. This investment saves significant time and money by eliminating repetitive work, ensuring consistency, and generating higher revenue through increased productivity. Before we dive into the technicalities of translation memory, let’s first discuss why this is an important tool that your business needs to invest […]
Strategy in COVID-19: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Nour Al-Hassan, CEO and Founder of Tarjama, shares her experience and insights on how business leaders can reshape their strategy to maintain and boost growth in times of crisis. A crisis presents business leaders with the opportunity to look at their business through a completely new lens. As we’re busy and caught up with our […]
Corona Virus: The effect on Business Travel and how to stay safe as a passenger
Travelling is an important part of many businesses. With the emergence of the corona virus, many of them are bound to suffer. Globally, about 80,000 people in more than 40 different countries have been reported to be infected, with 3,000 dying from it so far. In the Middle East there are about 1,100 confirmed cases […]
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Mistranslation and its Grave -Yet Avoidable- Consequences
T-Portal in the AI Era: Why Language Operations Need a Stronger Foundation in 2026
In 2026, the conversation around AI has changed. The early surge of excitement around automation and generative tools has settled into a more grounded reality. Enterprises are no longer asking whether AI can speed things up. They are asking whether AI-enabled systems can operate inside real environments without introducing risk, fragmentation, or loss of control. […]
CleverSo 3.16.2: Advancing Translation Operations for Enterprise Scale
CleverSo 3.16.2: Advancing Translation Operations for Enterprise Scale As organizations scale multilingual content across departments, regions, and systems, translation increasingly becomes an operational challenge rather than a linguistic one. Files move faster, deadlines tighten, and expectations around consistency and accuracy continue to rise. What breaks first is rarely translation quality itself, but the workflows, visibility, […]
The Hidden Physics of Translation
Why Meaning Behaves Like Quantum Information For decades, translation was treated as a straightforward act. Words were taken from one language and replaced with words from another. That logic worked when translation lived at the edges of business: marketing brochures, occasional reports, and static documents with limited consequences. Then AI arrived and accelerated everything. Suddenly, […]
How AI Architects and Linguists Work Together to Build Modern Arabic Translation Systems
The conversation around AI and language technology often focuses on automation and speed. Yet the real progress in Arabic translation comes from something far more human. It begins with engineers, AI architects, and data scientists who design the systems, and continues with linguists who shape how these systems understand culture, nuance, and intent. This collaboration […]
Why Translation Companies Still Exist in the AI Era?
Every few decades, a new wave of technology promises to make language barriers obsolete. First it was rule-based translation, then neural networks, and now generative AI models that can produce text faster than anyone can read it. For many, this raises an inevitable question. Why do translation companies still exist? At first glance, the answer seems […]
Tarjama partnered with Esports World Cup 2025 to Deliver 14-Language Coverage Across 25 Games and 6,662 Minutes of Subtitling
Executive Summary Tarjama partnered with Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to deliver multilingual operations for a global esports stage. Our Saudi team led on-site delivery across venues in Riyadh, while our global delivery network supported interpretation, subtitling, and creative production around the clock. The scope covered live and remote interpretation, on-site […]
Tarjama& Named Global and Regional Language Leader
Tarjama& has been recognized by the CSA Research 2025 report as one of the top global and regional market leaders in the language and technology industry, cementing another major milestone in the company’s roadmap and mission to revolutionize the language and communications industries in the MENA region. The company has gained prestigious recognition for the […]
Transcription Services: How to Stand Out Amid Competition
Many people nowadays describe themselves as fast typists, especially early and mid-career employees who are 35 years of age or younger. After all, anyone who has a job now probably uses the computer extensively for correspondences, keeping logs, monitoring the workflow, studying the market, and a million other purposes. However, being fluent and fast at […]
Window-Shop for Spanish Translation Services Like a Pro
Spanish translation services are among the most sought after because the language is spoken by approximately half a billion people all over the world1. Together with Spanish, proficiency in English constitutes a great advantage in a global market where these languages aid nearly two billion people (living in at least three continents) in their daily […]
CleverSo 3.3.0: Pioneering New Frontiers in Translation Management
In the dynamic and ever-expanding universe of language translation, CleverSo‘s latest version 3.3.0 stands as a beacon of innovation. It’s not just an upgrade; it’s a paradigm shift, especially in the realm of English to Arabic translations. This blog delves deeper into CleverSo’s transformative features, showcasing why it’s rapidly becoming the go-to choice for businesses […]