With GDPR upon us, we thought we would look at some of the possible implications for our English transcription service.

Aspects to consider don’t just apply to the actual transcription process but from the beginning of the project, before any recording has even taken place. As it is almost impossible to guarantee that a recording will not contain some information making it possible to identify an individual, it is best to assume that the General Data Protection Regulation will apply.

Market research companies are increasingly interested in researching consumer spending habits within specific territories. China has experienced huge economic growth over the past two decades and we are seeing an increasing demand for direct translations of Mandarin interviews. Interviews are one of the most common methods used in market research. To ensure that everything is accurately captured, participants are often filmed in-situ, with the direct translations subsequently commissioned from the video or audio recordings.

At first sight, transcribing seems to be a straightforward task of simply listening to what has been said, and writing it down. Transcriptions to be used as part of a piece of academic research can be more complicated.

Manchester. Home to Manchester United and City football teams - and to Maria, a Spanish transcriber.

We wanted to find out whether now Maria lives in Manchester she supports United or City, or whether her allegiance is still with Real Madrid back in Spain.

We asked Marcin what it is like working as a Polish subtitler in Manchester.

Emmeline Pankhurst of Votes For Women fame was born in Manchester, Coronation Street is based in this city, and the members of Joy Division, The Smiths and Oasis are all from Manchester. What was it that attracted Marcin, one of our Polish subtitlers, to settle in Manchester?

Do adding English subtitles improve your marketing opportunities? There is no doubt that the pros of adding subtitles to your video content heavily outweigh any cons.

The demand for French interpreters is exponentially growing year on year, and given that there are more and more French nationals migrating to the UK, particularly London, there’s no wonder why.

Knockhundred’s English subtitles are of course perfect, but it can be very funny when mistakes are made - by other people, that is.

Producing perfect Arabic subtitles is an artform. Working with languages such as Arabic, Hebrew and Urdu that read from right to left admittedly have their own challenges when it comes to producing subtitles.

We are often asked about the best way to produce an English translation of the Greek speech in videos or audio files. The first step is to establish whether an initial Greek transcript will be required as well as the English translation.

TV English subtitles may be primarily for deaf people or for those who are hard of hearing, but research has revealed they are used by six million people who have no hearing impairment.

I can't tell you how secretly thrilled I was the other day to be described as an "authority" on Polish video SEO techniques - much to the amusement of my colleagues of course.