Accurate Translation Services Checklist

Use the following checklist to help decide if you are ready to employ the translation services of a company:

  ·         Do you sometimes have the impression that your message gets lost in translation?

  ·         Do you feel that your unique expressions and phrases are not reflected in the target text?

  ·         Do you want to be a more successful communicator and representative of your company abroad through the employment of translation services?

  ·         Are your personal and/or company documents, profiles, websites perfectly translated into the language of the market you are trying to reach?

  ·         Do you sometimes feel that the written international communication of the company needs some improvement?

  ·         Would you like to polish the company’s global image by professionally communicating in the target languages?

  ·         Do you feel that you have paid a high-price for a poor quality translation service until now?

  The following is a practical checklist that consumers can refer to once hiring the translation services of a company:

  ·         Make sure that you have all the source material ready in advance and delivered at the same time!

  ·         Define your precise requirements in advance!

  ·         Define your price-range and negotiate the costs of the translation service in advance!

  ·         Make sure you are involved in the translation process in case there are inconsistencies!

  ·         Have a copy of all the original documents you have sent for translation, in order to avoid any confusion later on!