Professionalism, precision, punctuality… and a human touch

Submerged as we are in the Technological Revolution, we must continually adapt to the changes that most directly affect us, both personally and professionally. With regard to machine translation, although substantial progress has been made, unimaginable until just a few years ago, the figure of the traditional translator has fortunately remained a necessity.

Technology is facilitating much of our work, but the quality attained from truly understanding how to interpret a text and translate it into another language with all of its inherent nuances, subtleties and flavour, while taking into consideration any cultural and chronological context, and adapting it to a specific audience or age is not as simple as may appear a priori. This in fact requires skill and expertise.

We therefore continue to believe in a profession that is nearly as old as humanity itself and just as necessary in present times as it has been throughout history. And hence the inception of Traduccions Insula.

And why “insula”? And in Latin? Well, first because we thought that Latin was the perfect way to name ourselves while avoiding giving priority to any one specific language or perhaps stepping on any toes; second, because our headquarters are located on an island; and third, because the insula is also part of the brain, our particular work engine; and also because it reminds us of the Isle of Barataria (Insula Barataria, originally) that was awarded to Sancho Panza, the indispensible character from the universal literary work Don Quijote de la Mancha, of which there are virtually as many translations as there are languages in the world.