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How Per Word Translation Pricing Benefits Customers

Pricing translation services based on the number of words is according to published reports (and our experience) the most popular method for pricing services. As a working translation agency we’re in contact with, and work with translators and other translation companies around the world. When business discussion turns to calculating the value of translation services […]

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Translation Business | Our Director’s 2019 Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions are perhaps not as strategic or as well thought-out as a detailed business plan. Still our company director’s resolutions for the new year might be interesting to read and possibly compare them to your own.   Our Company Director’s 2019 New Year’s Resolutions Improve company’s visibility in search engines by developing and […]

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Top Translation Companies 2019

The top translation companies in 2019 (and virtually any year) will be likely to score high in the areas listed below. Feel free to browse the list below and consider these criteria in your process of evaluating a professional translation services company. Our company Affinity Translation, and other top translation companies strive to excel in […]

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How To Quote and Process InDesign Translation Projects

The sequence of steps for translating InDesign documents, whether a single page or hundreds of pages, is listed in order below. This description of the InDesign translation quoting and project process is non-technical in nature and is intended to provide InDesign translation clients with an overview of what to expect before, during, and after an […]

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How Much Time Is Required for Storyline Ecourse Translation

How much time is required to translate an ecourse authored in Articulate Storyline? The answer obviously depends on the scope of the course and its complexity. For our company most Storyline translation projects we’ve performed have taken from one to four weeks from start to finish. Some project tasks can be performed in parallel, saving […]

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Required InDesign Translation Skills

How many different skills are required to complete an InDesign translation project? Setting aside supporting skills (e.g., accounting, project management, marketing, et. al.), there are essentially two skill sets required for the actual project work. The first category is the language skills required for translation and proofreading. The second skill category is formatting within InDesign. […]

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