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Channelise your passion for teaching early learners by setting up a preschool franchise with TES. A well-conceptualised and executed preschool centre can transform the lives of children and families alike. TES supports early childhood educators in the process of establishing, developing and enhancing their preschools and early childhood care centres. A TRIO TOTS franchise gives you the opportunity to run a preschool with a holistically designed curriculum. It incorporates Multiple Intelligence approach & Playway method at the core and Montessori approach for developing life skills. Our approach to math, language, self-care and other crucial life skills has garnered high parental satisfaction. Our healthy, soothing and naturally lit spaces are designed to create an ambiance that both parents and little ones will love. We practice a comprehensive ‘Child Protection Policy’ so that every child feels safe. TRIO Tots has been awarded for “Innovative Preschool Curriculum...

Translation – precedence of functional over word meaning

Translation – precedence of functional over word meaning The importance of human translators and a reliable agency and the drawbacks of machine translation.  Translation is the conversion of information from one language to another. It requires special skills to ensure that not just words but more importantly the meaning, intent and function of the original sentence is conveyed in the translated text. Consider for example, the word ‘hey’ in English. Now look at it in a conversation: A: Hey! B: Yeah? We can see that the word has no meaning by itself, but it’s usage in a specific situation, and when uttered to get someone’s attention, performs a certain function of drawing attention, and asking the other to pay attention. Now try to imagine how this would be said in a different language. If you were to consider only the LITERAL or WORD meaning of ‘hey’ you would get many equivalents which, when applied in the same dialogue, may be out of place in the target languag...

Why the Translation Industry is Growing

  The translation industry has grown manifold in India. There is an influx of back end and knowledge processing work being diverted to India. What are the main reasons for the spurt in such activity? Several factors have led to the influx of international work and therefore the growth of the translation industry in India. Surprisingly it is not the local language translation but that in world languages that is finding a high demand among agencies in India. The internet revolution was ushered in the age of telecommuting and freelancing. It first created the possibility of diverting desk top work and service oriented work to countries that had cheaper and yet educated and trained labour. What better destination than India, where the middle class had access to English language education and who got connected to the world economy via the internet. As a result of the internet revolution, outsourcing of shared services, software development and several similar services which r...