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Jargon or Genuine – The Use of South African Languages in Election Campaigns

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It is estimated that more than 25 million South Africans are registered to vote in the 2014 elections. The parties involved are pulling out all the stops to reach as many diverse voters as possible. There have been rallies, debates, interviews, campaign posters and television adverts, with much difficulty for some parties (http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-28-da-launches-new-election-ad-eff-marches-over-sabc-ban), all with […]

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How working through an agency benefits freelance language practitioners

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If you are a freelancer in the language field (writer, plain-language writer, editor, translator or proofreader) or in the branding field (copywriter, graphic designer or web designer), you need to explore the benefits of working through a language and branding agency. 1. Marketing Unlike most freelancers, agencies can afford to market their language and branding

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The Marketing Conundrum

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Marketing: The mix of paid-for platforms and publicity, combined with free, earned interest that sells your product or service. Ask many a business owner and they will talk about their need to market more, market better and find new customers. This is particularly true of businesses with declining profits or market share. This brings us

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My First Two Weeks, An Intern\’s Eye View

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This April we at Bangula have another talented new addition to our team: our new language and translation intern, Lorraine Shabangu. Lorraine is training in the Bangula office, lending her South African language expertise to a variety of language, translation and editing briefs. Take a look through Lorraine’s eyes at the first two weeks of her experience with us.

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What makes a good interpreter?

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The professionalism and standards of the interpreting industry in South Africa have been under heavy scrutiny in recent times. The antics of the now infamous sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service and the dismal quality of interpreting in the Oscar Pistorius trial have illustrated the obvious problems presented by poor interpreting services. Achieving excellence

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The benefits of outsourcing language services to agencies

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If a business needs language services (copywriting, overwriting, editing, translation and proofreading) and document design services (graphic design and typesetting), it can follow one of three routes. Route 1: Take care of its requirements in house Route 2: Outsource its requirements to individual freelance service providers Route 3: Outsource its requirements to an expert language

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The Variety of Work as a Language Practice Intern – Hloni’s Journey

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In 2014 we have a charming and talented new addition to our team: our new language and translation intern, Hloni. You can find Hloni hard at work in the office lending her extensive South African languages expertise to a variety of language, translation and editing briefs. This is Hloni\’s second blog about her journey with Bangula. Click here for

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