Posted by Jon
If you’ve ever worked on a proposal where content’s had to be translated between different languages, you’ll know this can be time-consuming, expensive, risky and fraught.
You need to find translators with a truly excellent command of each of the languages concerned – whilst adding in great proposal writing ability. And using translation agencies can be tricky for the unwary. Take the following example, from a different context:
If you’ve ever worked on a proposal where content’s had to be translated between different languages, you’ll know this can be time-consuming, expensive, risky and fraught.
You need to find translators with a truly excellent command of each of the languages concerned – whilst adding in great proposal writing ability. And using translation agencies can be tricky for the unwary. Take the following example, from a different context:
See, all road signs in Wales have to be bilingual. The team working on the project all spoke English. They emailed the council seeking a translation, and added the reply to the sign.
Only the reply wasn’t a translation of their text warning about trucks. It was an automated message explaining: “I am not in the office at the moment…”
Only the reply wasn’t a translation of their text warning about trucks. It was an automated message explaining: “I am not in the office at the moment…”
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