When we’re contacted by customers requesting translation of InDesign documents their general expectation is that they can provide us with the English version of their InDesign document. We in turn can then translate the document’s text into the target language(s) they request and send it back to them. And in reality that’s exactly what happens. […]
Translation of written language is not that interesting until it stands to impact your company or organization in a tangible way. When it does, then language services become not only interesting, they become a priority. Below are a few examples when language and translation services become important. Your organization has a new product or service […]
Every translation or related language services project we perform is unique. There’s something about each requirement for language services that makes it different than the thousands of projects we’ve completed before. If we start to think about a particular project as routine, being much like other past projects, we’re at risk of lowering our standards. […]
Sometimes translations prepared by professional translators are reviewed post-delivery by client organization personnel. Our company’s standard translation services already include post-translation proofreading by a second linguist for all projects. When clients assign internal personnel to review a prepared translation it’s a third or even fourth review. At this stage detection of a translation error is […]
Our standard level of service for translation includes both the initial translation plus post-translation proofreading by a second linguist. Is this level of service sufficient for high quality translation? Would two post-translation reviews be better? How about three, four, or five reviews? Changes to translations to accommodate the individual language preferences of a reviewer can […]
The answer to the question “So how is business?” depends on the period of time being referenced. The time frame could be last year, this month, this quarter, or any specified time. For businesses struggling with uncertainty in a challenging economy, an even better metric might be “the next two to three years”, or possibly […]
