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Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Professionals

May 12th, 2010 | By | Category: Language Blog Toplist

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Professionals blogs that have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Vote for your favorite Language Professionals blog!

Total Voters: 5,285

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Other categories: Language Learning - Language Teaching - Language Technology

View the full list of nominations for Language Professionals.

Add the voting button to your blog!

Thanks and remember to check back on May 28th to find out who the winners are!
If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la

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  1. Roy Clark May 15th, 2010 07:42 :

    The Engine Room is both informative and entertaining with an excellent range of posters adding positively to the content.

  2. Mattei Pauline May 16th, 2010 17:07 :

    Is it possible to get included in the list of Medical Translation Blog?
    Thank you very much! Best regards!
    Pauline

  3. Priscila May 17th, 2010 08:57 :

    @Pauline – Sorry, there is no list such as Medical Translation Blog.

  4. annie nocenti May 17th, 2010 21:39 :

    three percent is 100% delight.

  5. Andrey Yasharov May 18th, 2010 08:02 :

    Hello,

    Can I have my translation blog Wordsbase listed for voting, please?

  6. Catherine Guilliaumet May 18th, 2010 11:05 :

    @Pauline : Here’s again the same recurrent problem :-) The Medical_Translation list, which exists since 1999, is here on Yahoo : http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medical_translation/
    It has no relationship with the Medical Translation blog, that I really appreciate however :-)
    Catherine, Moderator of the Medical_Translation mailing-list.

  7. Arun May May 18th, 2010 20:13 :

    Lionbridge Blogger is an exciting site.

    Cheers
    Arun

  8. Lilia Ignatova May 19th, 2010 20:31 :

    The Web-Translations blog is very professional and informative.

  9. raj May 20th, 2010 13:34 :

    I would say that Applied Lanuage Solutions is one a best blog in terms of information…

  10. Leonid Bourtsev May 21st, 2010 16:42 :

    Find it very useful to attract professionals to share expiernce with the community of language users and fans.

  11. Mike May 21st, 2010 17:53 :

    I love the fact that quality blogs like “Three Percent” seem to be in the running for some of the top spots on the list, but I’m confused how a blog like “Translation Guy” is so far in the lead. Something seems astray. I recently checked that blog and it’s parent company’s website, and there isn’t even a link to this contest. Can anyone say voting bot?

  12. Surinder s. Sandlas May 22nd, 2010 00:19 :

    lionbridge is bogus web site.

  13. SociallyInfused May 22nd, 2010 06:07 :

    Hi Mike,

    I am a huge fan of translationguy and I can see how his blog is in the lead. Firstly, has has a post about the contest here: http://www.1-800-translate.com/TranslationBlog/index.php/2010/05/17/clap-if-you-believe-in-fairies

    Secondly, I know that Ken has a HUGE database of followers (10,000 subscribers strong) and I’m sure he has leveraged that.

    Thirdly, he leverages social media marketing the most effectively of this lot. Have you seen who these guys are following on Twitter? Pure trash and bots. Some lessons to be learned here about quality over quantity.

  14. Juan May 22nd, 2010 06:16 :

    You’ve never heard of TranslationGuy before!??! Not surprised at all, awesome stuff and good engagement on that site. I’ve been following this contest for a week now (just cast my vote for TranslationGuy) and must say that I’m surprised at how quickly Three Percent has caught up from such a deficit…seems fishy that Three Percent has aquired so many votes in the last few days, thoughts?

    Thanks – Juan from Brazil

  15. Shirley May 22nd, 2010 06:43 :

    Ken Clark @Translation Guy is simply a jerk, but he’s entertaining and I voted for him!

  16. Franky May 22nd, 2010 07:07 :

    Translation Guy is a fairly new blog that has garnered a rather large following in quite a short time. I suspect that Ken has hired some top-notch marketers (and probably spent a small fortune) to get where he is today, but that’s his prorogative. Many of the industry leaders follow and post on his blog, and I love it. Mike, your comment is unsubstansiated and quite offensive to all of us lovers here for the Translation Guy.

  17. Peyto T. May 22nd, 2010 07:13 :

    I’m voting for Translation Guy, but I considered 3%, both are in my feed reader.

  18. J. Childs May 22nd, 2010 21:33 :

    Yep, I’ve never heard of the ‘Translation Guy’ blog until this contest, but I must say, it’s good stuff – light, put focused – two thumbs up!

  19. Edwina Mumbru May 23rd, 2010 11:01 :

    Termonologia etc is one of the most interesting and witty language blogs I have ever read

  20. Richard May 24th, 2010 11:50 :

    Why Atominium? It’s simply the best. It’s simply the art of translation…

  21. Mike May 25th, 2010 03:06 :

    Hi SociallyInfused,

    You’re correct on all 3 points. TranslationGuy does have a post about the contest nomination from almost 7 days after it started. He probably does have close to 10,000 subscribers. And you probably know about these subscribers because you may very well run his social media campaigns (ie. http://en.reddit.com/domain/1-800-translate.com, @VinceBucciachio, @SociallyInfused). I’m not joking when I say you’ve done a really good job so far. You’ll probably get 1st place.

    Maybe next year, though, some of the smaller blogs on this list with really great content about language (and fewer financial resources for marketing) can have some kind of handicap going into the contest. Can anyone say campaign finance reform?

  22. Manuel May 25th, 2010 18:06 :

    I agree with Mike.

    The quality of this contest and language bloggers’ desire to participate in it begins to wane unless the folks at lexiophiles and bab.la (brilliant marketers in their own right) include in the ranking whether the site in question is an authentic member of an online community.

    Good marketing is about building relationships, not “leveraging resources.”

  23. SociallyInfused May 25th, 2010 18:50 :

    @Mike – Thanks for your compliment and your thoughts. As per your comment on finance reform; a larger budget will help any companies’ marketing effectiveness, but how do you propose we cap the effective use of social media? Also, I’m sure some of these blogs are putting in significant time, resources and money to their marketing strategy; whether it be PPC, Adwords, social media, Twitter, Facebook marketing, banner ads, etc.

    Just look at Trusted Translations Twitter account for instance. Over 6,000 followers strong and regular tweeting – someone is being paid at that company to do this…no fair!

    What about Three Percent? It’s “…part of the University of Rochester’s translation program and Open Letter, the university’s translation press, Three Percent is a place for students to present their translations and reviews, as well as a place to cultivate the next generation of literary enthusiasts.” – no doubt the program has some funding or fundraising, no fair!

    Of course it is fair! For this contest, contestants are measured on a variety of criteria – 50% of which is popularity – FANS vote for their favorite blog in each of the categories. The contest rewards contestants for their content reach and for their ability to leveraging their following most effectively. The user votes count for 50% towards the final result and is a key piece of the result. Blogs with large followings benefit in this contest – this is by design.

    @Manuel – Yes, good marketing is about building relationships, not “leveraging resources.” – that’s what social media is all about…no one would take the time to vote for any of these blogs unless they are emotionally connected and very passionate about the writers. It’s all about building relationships with readers through a variety of sources, you get it :-)

  24. Mike May 25th, 2010 20:49 :

    SociallyInfused,

    No problem on the compliment. It’s been said that a generous spirit yields a generous life span, and I could probably keep this thread going as long as I live.

    Too bad the voting ended just as these comments got entertaining. Perhaps, we will meet again next year ;-)

  25. Priscila May 26th, 2010 16:27 :

    Thank you all for the votes and comments!
    Results are going to be published on the 28th
    Good luck to all
    :)

  26. Shadab March 7th, 2011 08:07 :

    I haven’t heard about “translation guy” earlier, but after reading the blog, I became a fan of it, will surely going to follow them and thanks to you by providing this wonderful information

  27. huasheng zhan May 19th, 2011 01:46 :

    Atominium the art of translation

    The greatest translation blog by excellent translation agency. Atominium is the one we choose to do business in various languages.

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