The Reason we Need Tourism Translation Services

Tourism is an act of temporary movement of people to different destination outside their usual environment to another environment for leisure, business or other purposes for usually not more than one consecutive year. It also involves spending time away from home in pursuit for recreation, fun and relaxation in order to cater for their needs.

Tourism can be done both locally and internationally. Local tourism involves being within the traveler’s country while international tourism involves being outside the traveler’s country. Tourism involves movement of the tourist to different places like zoos, national parks, cities and recreation centre for leisure and fun.

 Translation as an Essential for Tourism

Over the world, research has it that language barriers are still a huge obstacle to people deciding to travel, 30% adults in the USA don’t travel due to language barrier. This implies that the tourism industry losses a lot of money due to language barrier thus a need for professional translation services. Tourism gets more enjoyable and interesting once the travelers get well “conversant” with the language used in the new area. Conversant comprises of quality communication through translating in the language that the traveler best understands.

Through profession translational services that equip tourists with quality information and communication, tourists are encouraged to engage in more movements in Africa and the world at large which boosts the economy continentally. With translations, tourists have no worries as they gain confidence in the respective country. This greatly strengthens and builds the tourism industry and the economy at large thus the viability and essence of translation to tourism.

Quick glimpse of some of the most visited sites in Africa

Most visited places comprise of cities in South Africa like Cape Town with   1.6 million tourists and Johannesburg with over 4 million  tourists in 2014 according to MasterCard rating.  More places like the great migration Tanzania, Table Mountain in Cape Town, mountain Gorillas in Rwanda and Victoria falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe are also some of the most visited places in Africa and continuing to attract more people.

Though tourism is full of fun and leisure, it comes with a lot of costs like change in surroundings, behavior and language. These costs are incurred by both the local and international tourists and such costs if not taken note of more so language, the fun and leisure can turn into misery and regret for the tourists. This is because language enhances communication which is a basis for the act of tourism. Hence the need for professional translation services. Some of the language translation services provided in different African countries include;

Malagasy translation services

Oromo translation services

Acholi translation services

Tigrinya translation services

Somali translation services

Madi translation services

Yoruba translation Services

Wolof translation services

Kinyarwanda translation services

chewa translation services

Tourism would never have been called tourism if it were not the fun that one earns from the act of touring .This is however earned best if only quality communication through translations is prevailed thus making tourism better.

Languages of Somalia, Professional African Translation Services & Insecurity

Once considered the pearl of the Indian Ocean, Somalia is famous for the wrong reasons owing to al-shabaab’s unconventional methods of trying for decades to push it to extreme Islam, thus carrying out deadly attacks on civilians, foreigners and neighbouring countries who resist the radicalism and Professional African Translation Services could play a positive role.

The recent such attack was on DusitD2 complex in Nairobi, Kenya where more than 21 innocent people (Kenyans and foreigners) tragically lost their lives as armed men stormed the complex shooting at random while hurling explosives at the same time.

Indigenous Languages of Somalia

Somalia is itself a beautiful country in the horn of Africa boasting of … kilometers of a coastal line with beautiful architectural borrowed from the Arabs with a dash of British and Italian influences too as the latter too once colonized Somalia in the 1800s and 1900s.

Somali is the most spoken language in Somali as the language and ethnic group are the large accounting for about 65% althlough there are other minority languages such us Bravanese, Kibajuni and Mushunguli with most being localized versions of the Swahili language.

The Foreign Languages of Somalia

The main foreign language in Somalia would be Arabic, first of all because of influence of Islam where the country is 100% Muslim and of course the main language of instruction in Islam is Arabic. It should be noted that the Somali dictionary has over 1000 words borrowed from Arabic.

Then there is English and Italian that came in the picture as Britain and Italy had their share of ruling the Somali land in the

The strides of progress

We ought to acknowledge the fact that Somalia has and is still making strides to becoming better and safer. Despite of the safety levels being better, the insecurity dispersed many Somalis to both neighbouring and faraway lands and that is why there are big Somali communities in countries like Kenya, Uganda, UK, US, South Africa and Canada just to mention a few of such places. This came about as they searched for safer places to raise families, build careers and live normally without fear of attacks from the al-shabaab and civil unrests in general.

Communication is crucial back home in Somalia where humanitarian groups both local and international trying to make it easy for the civilians and in other countries where people from Somalia reside.

Even in terms of businesses communication is vital thus Professional African Translation Services come in handy for effectiveness.

Professional African Translation Services include;

Fighting terrorism requires effective communication and one way to do this is through Professional African Translation Services for purposes of accuracy.

By Angela Kyolaba

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Beat the Competition to become an effective Local Professional African Translations Company

A little research points to the possibility that many translation clients seeking professional services in African indigenous languages concentrate in the U.S, UK or South Africa and Kenya for almost all African languages and translation services.

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Beat the Competition to become an effective Local Professional African Translations Company

How African Indigenous Languages Combat Oppression in Zimbabwe

Did you know that African Indigenous Languages are used as a tool for protests and airing out grievances? This is exactly what is happening in Zimbabwe where the President; Emmerson Mnangagwa has more than doubled fuel prices as a solution to the shortages that have seen Zimbabweans queue with their cars waiting for their turn of this liquid gold!

A Glimpse at History

A little history here is that President Mnangagwa was seen by many as a political savior from the infamous Robert Mugabe who was the country’s president for more than 3 decades and once held the position of the longest serving president from 1987 to 2017 and was also seen by many internationally as a dictator. Under his reign, the country’s economy spiraled down. As a result the Zimbabwean dollar inflated and lost its value.

This has seen Zimbabweans in thousands take on the streets of Harare and other major cities to protest the fuel hike in their various mother tongues while burning tires, blocking roads and closing up businesses as a sign of disapproval. In fact, opposition leaders and pressure groups have called out the government for its alleged lack of empathy for the country’s poor.

African Indigenous Languages of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe stands out in Africa as that country with so many indigenous languages included as official and national languages. Yes, the country registers 11 official languages and with the draft constitution allegedly suggesting 16 official languages. It should be noted that most African countries have languages adopted from their colonial masters as official or national languages while their own African Indigenous Languages are not officially recognized. In fact many have a colonial language as an official language and an indigenous one for a national language.

It is these Zimbabwe African Indigenous Languages that the people are using on the streets to protest against what they deem an unfair decision by the government to hike fuel prices.

Communication is more effective when the language used as the vehicle for the message is the one most understood by that particular people and in this case the protests are mainly carried out in the languages the people understand best. English comes in mainly for the purpose of spreading the message internationally thus the world getting to know what is happening in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s scenario of having multiple indigenous languages with official status makes sense because Africa alone has over 2000 languages with many individual countries on the continent having more than 50 languages. For example, Nigeria alone is reported to have more than 500 languages, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo come next with over 200 languages and last but definitely not least Sudan and Tanzania with over 100 languages each!

The list of Zimbabwe’s national languages includes;

Languages to consider for translation in African include;

African indigenous languages are vital and part of Africa’s identity therefore, preserving them should be a priority. However, there are situations where Professional Translation Services are required for purpose of communication internationally.

By Angela Kyolaba

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The Significance of Translation Services to Humanity

The word humanity comes from a Latin word HUMANITAS. Humanitas means “human nature, kindness”. This encompasses everyone on earth {you and me}. It comprises of qualities that make me and you human. These include the ability to have compassion, the ability to love and be creative. Therefore this greatly creates a big gap between the human race from all other creatures say aliens/ robots.

In our society today, humans are living a total irony of themselves. Regardless of young /old humans in the current setting similarly behave so indifferent like aliens / robots in every aspect of life. Yet even at times robots behave better compared to the makers [humans]. A case in point are the ongoing murder cases surfacing in our community today. Fellow humans are killing each other for pleasure  calling it revenge, hungry for blood,  and money.

 Exposure of Inhumane in Our Society

Susan Magara a young Ugandan lady was murdered in year 2018 for dubious reasons which also comprised of money and pleasure. The murderers are related to the aliens that are on mission to kill and destroy because the way they killed the young Mutoro was really absurd. Many other cases have been witnessed in Uganda for example Kato Kajubi Godfrey has been accused of murdering Kasirye Joseph for his head and private parts. Such cases have left me and other believers marveling at whether God is not wiping heavily in heaven. These incidents abuse love, compassion and human creativity that were the main aim of God’s cause.

 Why Translation Services for Humanity Awareness

Critically analyzing all these incidents, something really has to be done. This however, has to begin from me, you, leaders, humanitarians, families and to mention but the few. The best solution is sensitizing the people around us about humanity. Though this would be more affective, people should also first admit and agree that there a lot un-humanity going on. This is because the best way to overcome the problem is by admitting its challenge that needs to be overcome.

In addition to that, sensitization should start with our families because they raise us into what we became. Different families through their leaders [fathers, elders and mothers] should be sensitized about humanity through educative programs on television, magazines, newspapers, exhibitions [regional], art performances and movies. These are however effective only if well translated in various different languages that people understand better. It is through translations that  communication is made easy and becomes comprehensive for everyone in the community be it young or old.

Translations equip every human with the best knowledge on how to relate with human kind and as well behave humanly. This is in a way that translations avail every person with the best information about humanity since it is done in the best language that one understands. With well trusted translation companies, a number of translation services can be provided including,

Yoruba translation Services

Runyankole translation services

Madi translation services

Rukiga translation services

Malagasy translation services

Acholi translation services

Somali translation services

Ndebele translation services

Wolof translation services

Oromo translation services

Therefore, through translation the world at large can be made a better place for all human nature. Thus a great importance for the existence of translations in the world today.