The Savvy Client's Guide to Translation Agencies: How to find the right translation agency the first time - Softcover

Yunker, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979647541 ISBN 13: 9780979647543

Publisher: Byte Level Research, 2010

Synopsis

Go global with confidence

Your translation agency is your voice to the world. Select the right agency, and the world will hear you loud and clear. But how do you select the right agency?

This book will help. You'll learn what questions to ask. You'll learn how to read between the lines of a price quote. And you'll have a short list of translation agencies from which to begin your selection process. This guide will take the mystery -- and the pain -- out of selecting and managing a translation agency.

Translating the translation industry

Selecting a translation agency should be a simple process, but it's not. There are literally thousands from which to choose, and every one will claim to offer the highest quality at the lowest price. And then there's the confusing terminology and acronyms, like SLV and MLV, internationalization and translation memory.

Now in its fourth edition, The Savvy Client's Guide to Translation Agencies is designed to be used as both a learning tool and reference. The first two-thirds of the book demystifies the translation industry and its many complex terms and technologies. The last third of the book includes a directory of 44 translation agencies, to help you begin your search for the right agency. As has always been our policy, we do not charge agencies to be included in this guide. We take great pride in offering a directory that is both objective and focused on helping clients make sound buying decisions.

This guide will teach you:

• 10 questions you should ask any prospective agency
• What you need to know before taking your web site global
• How to differentiate among translation agencies
• How translation is moving to the cloud -- and which agencies are already there
• What to know about localizing iPhone or Android apps
• What machine translation is and how it is transforming the industry
• How to read "between the lines" of your translation quote

About this title

Product Description

Your translation agency is your voice to the world. Select the right agency, and the world will hear you loud and clear. Select the wrong agency, and the world may never know what you have to say-or worse, hear something you never intended to say. This book will help you select the right agency the first time.The book is designed to be used as both a learning tool and a reference. The first two-thirds of the book demystifies the terminology, the workflow, and the major technologies now being used. The last third of the book includes a directory of 44 translation agencies, to help executives begin their search.The book includes: * 10 things you should know about the translation industry* An overview of machine translation and how it is transforming the industry* 10 questions you should ask any prospective translation agency

Review

"Well written and in a straight-to-the point, jargon-free style, it is a very useful orientation and reference for ... the often stressful task of choosing a translation agency." -- Multilingual Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Byte Level Research
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979647541
• ISBN 13: 9780979647543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 216