The question is “are translation services a commodity?” By this question we mean, are translation services differentiated by things other than the price of services? If translation services were a true commodity then consumers of translation services wouldn’t need to consider anything other than the cost of services. If the output of translation services was […]
Preparation of Spanish language newsletters have become more common for organizations who publish English language internal newsletters but also have Spanish dominant audiences within their organizations. Newsletters may be print or electronic publications. In most US based companies the English language newsletter is prepared first. Then the text is translated into Spanish. For print publications […]
The design application InDesign is often used by our clients, and sometimes these InDesign documents require translation into various languages. InDesign documents are sometimes promotional pieces, reports such as corporate annual reports, and guide documents, to mention a few categories of designed documents that come to mind. When a document already exists in InDesign it […]
Website translations can presented to translators for translation in different ways. Whatever the select method, text is provided to a translator and they begin and continue working through a project. Some clients will provide translators with website text in a MS Word file after it’s been extracted from their website. MS Word is close to being […]
When we’re tasked with translation projects from first time clients, seldom do they provide a list of preferred key terminology translations or a translation memory. In the vast majority of cases the project schedule is more important to them than consistency with past translations or with preferred terminology. When we do not receive preferred terminology lists […]
Travelers sometimes need medical attention when abroad. Whether in Spanish speaking countries or others, records of medical treatment received outside the US must sometimes be translated for insurance purposes on return. This is one type of medical translation requests that translation companies receive. Medical tourism is another occasion when translation of medical records is requested. […]
