Optimising your translation and localisation projects: cost and time
What's the best way of slimming down a translation or localisation project to make it as efficient and cost-effective as possible? We look at some common ways of optimising the content to make sure you're not paying over the odds.
Choosing a translation provider: some thoughts
Whether it is your first foray into translation and you are looking to bolster your global expansion plans, or you have been translating for years and are continuing with your multilingual global strategy, it is always worth making sure you are getting what you need from your supplier.
Translation in the Content Marketing Era
For most of us, the way we buy products and services has changed greatly over the last few years. The extent to which having a native-speaker produce marketing content really counts cannot be underestimated, and making sure the content sounds as natural as possible in the foreign versions must be the number one aim.
How long will my translation take? Gauging turnaround times
The large document that you have been drafting for weeks has finally been finished in English, and now’s the time to put it into all the other languages needed. The translation has to be completed quickly, despite the original having been ‘tweaked’ for weeks. But just how long will it take?
Rebranding – from our own experience
For any organisation, it is a good idea from time to time to have a look at your branding and image and to make some changes. However, this can be a big project with a lot of things to consider, so we thought that we would share with you the re-branding process that we went through in 2014.
5 good reasons why your colleagues can’t translate your content
I am sure everyone knows someone who speaks another language, and they can be an invaluable asset to you and your company when one of your German clients comes to you with a query in, well, German. After all, that’s why I trained as a linguist, as I wanted to understand what others were saying and communicate with them directly and in the best way possible.