How to Evaluate Translation Resources You Want?

Posted on 7月 25th, 2008 by westernwords and filed under Global Business Strategy

Translation companies are the core resources in translation industry. They make it possible to integrate with all kinds of resources related to translation and interpretation to provide added value to the translation work. But how to evaluate a translation company value to your business needs? The author argues some essential minds to make your decision to assign your jobs to a proper translation company.
There are mainly 5 types of translation resources in this industry today.

Real Problems in the Translation Industry

Posted on 7月 15th, 2008 by Flower and filed under Global Business Strategy

Once translation is considered as a kind of business, the force of commercialization will show its prowess in many ways. Translation quality has now become a hot topic. In this paper we will first cast a sight on real problems that determine the translation quality in today’s translation industry. The ISO9000 and 14000 quality standards [...]

Who Destroyed Your Supper?

Posted on 7月 5th, 2008 by Flower and filed under Industry News

Who Destroyed Your Supper?
Let me suppose a little scenario for you: at a weekend, you and your family are waiting for the reserved dinner in an exotic restaurant. You wish a delicious well balanced family meal after a week’s hard working could be a good payoff, so you have informed the restaurant manager, a trustworthy [...]

The Biological System in Translation Industry (Ⅰ)

Posted on 6月 13th, 2008 by westernwords and filed under Industry News

Like many industries, translation industry has its own bio-system, which usually consists of translation service buyers, translation service providers, translation assistance tools, translation trade associations and translation skill-training organizations. Technical translation is becoming an ever-important part of our hi-tech business world, taking up larger share of the translation market and developing at ever-increasing speed. Let [...]

How to Control Quality of a Translation Project

Posted on 6月 13th, 2008 by admin and filed under Global Business Strategy

Many methods have been released for a wide variety of managing a translation project. But some essential tactics have been hidden behind those articles which are published free on the internet. These tactics include project definition, translator selection, professional proofreading and quality review.