During times of economic stress and uncertainty, businesses must diligently watch their spending in order to survive. Resilient companies with healthy earnings are also keen to keep costs down. This constant drive to reduce spending will sometimes lead companies to seek out low cost document translation. This can end up being a costly mistake.
The lowest price may also come with the lowest quality product. Price should not be the only factor you consider when deciding who will deliver the document translation you require. It is also important to reflect on how the following will impact the quality of the product you receive:
More and more people are turning to Google Translate for simple translations. In most cases, the machine translation has improved to a level that you can get the general meaning of a piece of text.
However, like any technology, if you do not use it correctly you may get results that were not expected.
Take for example the case a retired Manchester United soccer player. He thought that he would share his activities on Twitter.
The trouble started when he used Google translate to help him with his translation.
Translationz translator internship program for 2016 is an exciting opportunity for students who are currently enrolled in a university level language translation or interpreting program. The successful applicants will get a taste of the different roles and functions within a translation agency.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
The number one barrier to doing business in emerging markets has nothing to do with government regulations, taxes and customs. It is something much more basic. In order to overcome the logistical challenges of conducting business in another country, you must be able to communicate effectively with everyone involved in the transaction
Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Australian Federal Tourism Minister, Martin Ferguson announced last month that the Federal Government was working on a strategy to bring more overseas workers to Australia on Australia working holiday visa options.
Australia presently has reciprocal arrangements on working holiday visas with 20 countries. Visa holders can work for up to 6 months for one employer and are allowed to stay up to 12 months in Australia. Some of the countries with reciprocal working holiday visa arrangements include UK, Canada, Japan, Ireland, Korea, France, Italy, German, Denmark and Sweden.