How to Choose a Translation Vendor

It’s important to understand that you need different language knowledge levels for communication with a waiter in a foreign restaurant and a foreign partner. You shouldn’t rely on Google if a foreign language is not your cup of tea. You can loose much more if you saved on a professional translator.

Here is the list of cases when Google Translate cannot help, and you should contact a translation company:

• Translation for business: business correspondence, agreements, contracts;
• Interpretation at negotiations and business meetings;
• For websites and marketing materials translation, you need localization by a professional team;
• Field-specific texts translation.

In order to choose a translation vendor:

• Verify translation quality — order test translation of a text fragment by several translators.
• Ask the stages of the process that translation consists of. You will immediately see whether it is a professional company or a group of freelancers.
• Ask the vendor about team organization: who selects it, what is the principle, who is involved in the work besides translators etc.
• Ask to provide an approximate query of your order. Finally, rate if it matches your impressions of a translation company.

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