Tips And Things To Remember When Organising Your Translations:
Remember: Translation/interpreting
can be expensive, you are using the services of highly
skilled professionals. It is important to be aware of
these costs before trading internationally and build
them into your budget.
Finalise your text before
starting the translation process. Reworking the text will
inevitably add cost, time and possible inconsistencies.
Be realistic on timescale.
It takes time to translate text just think about how long
it took you to write it in the first place.
Pictures paint a thousand words!
Prudent use of images/diagrams can be very effective with
international readers. They can cut down on the words needing
translation and therefore reduce your costs.
Tell us what the translation
will be used for, so that style/word choice can be adjusted
accordingly; this way the translated text will have the maximum
impact for that particular audience.