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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Companies That Offer Language Translation Services

By Anne Liew


In today's border-less world, interaction between countries has become a thousand-fold more easy and quick than what it was barely 50 years ago. It is especially clear to see in international commercial activities. With such huge volumes of meetings and contacts taking place between foreigners, the need for a translator is important in order to make the dealings smooth, and in some cases, possible to start, and to succeed eventually. As a translator or interpreter plays a significant part in international dealings, it is important to make use of a good language translation services company.

A good company would have good quality personnel that are experienced, competent as well as proficient in the original language and the target language. The translators should be familiar enough with the cultural sensitivities of the target language to be able to do translations, transcriptions or to use a more suitable phrase to translate than the one that the speaker has said.

A good company will have specialists who are familiar in the kind of industries that their customers are involved. For example, if the client comes from the medical field, then there will most likely be several medical terms that the translator will have to be conversant with.

In this pre-translation period, they learn about the legal terminology and retail terminology relevant to the industry. Some industries also need unique translations. The translator masters such special requirements as well during the pre-translation period. In addition, such translators can offer relevant transcripts. They also translate documents that may be presented to them.

The company will assign a dedicated resource for the assignment and allocate enough resources to ensure timely completion of the project. The assigned resource will ensure that the translation work progresses in accordance to the agreed plan. S/he will also keep the customer updated on the progress and ensure his complete satisfaction with the work.

The fees charged by well-established translation businesses are invariably higher. However, hiring such businesses is better as high quality work is ensured. Such businesses also offer discounts for any large contracts. In addition to this, there are turnaround discounts offered for jobs that last longer.

The bills prepared by the company should identify the nature of each service that is provided, and the amount that is charged. They usually give a quotation that identifies each and every type of service that they offer, and the fee in respect of each service. Their bills should have no surcharges. It is essential that such a bill is comprehensive so that the customer knows exactly what will be paid before the translation service begins. Language translation service providers should not collect anything more than what has been quoted for the services mentioned in quotation.

The rise in International trade and commerce has brought language translation as a service that is highly demanded in many countries, leading to an increase in the number of companies offering language translation services. Not all of these companies live up to the expectations and hence, it is extremely important to use the services of a renowned language translation company. To choose well it is best to do proper market research and background checks, especially with regards to the experience and qualifications of the translators employed by the company.




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