Translation and Language Industry Observations
Translation and Language Industry Observations
The Truth About Translation RFPs: Most Aren’t Worth Your Time As an online translation service company that ranks highly in search, GTS receives a considerable number of RFPs (Requests for Proposal). This is despite the fact that we offer an instant online price quote tool for translation services, and an additional calculator that provides translation …
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Miami Beach Award Program Honors the Achievement MIAMI BEACH May 15, 2022 — GTS Translation Services has been selected for the 2022 Best of Miami Beach Award in the Corporate Office category by the Miami Beach Award Program. Each year, the Miami Beach Award Program identifies companies that we believe …
If you work for a translation agency or you are a localization manager in a company, chances are that you receive a lot of job applications via email from freelance translators. You may be getting several emails a day or dozens of emails each week. Unfortunately, most of the emails are from scammers who either …
Choosing a Language Service Provider (LSP) can be a daunting task. There are so many of them. According to some estimates, there are over 18,000 translation companies worldwide. Search Google for “translation company” (exact match) and you will get 1.3 Million results. Are all of the translation companies suitable for your project? Does every company …
I just came across an interesting article about Straker Translations, a large and well-known translation company. And I was surprised to read that Straker is losing money. Having owned a small translation business over the last years, I am wondering how a translation company can lose money year over year and still remain in business. …
We are a professional translation company and not a lot of people and businesses know what we do! It is a fact, and, hopefully, we can change that today! So, what do we do as a translation company? Well, we provide document translation services in over 90 languages! You hear that correctly, and we have …
Welcome global recession. We weren’t expecting you and you are not welcome in our house. But it looks like we have no choice and you are here to stay for a while. The coronavirus has already put many people out of jobs and we are just at the beginning. Many more people will be out …
In the last 2-3 days, we have been getting dozens of emails from Language Service Providers (LSPs) who are using the Coronovirus as an excuse to spam potential clients and push their translation services. Here is an example: _____________________________________________________________________ Dear business partners, Despite various restrictions and quarantine measures, we operate as usual. Our technologies enable complete …
As a freelance translator or a representative of a company in the languages industry, you work with international clients in foreign lands. The nature of our business is international, so your exposure to foreign clients is inevitable. So what do you do when such a client does not pay for services rendered? It’s a good …
Professional Translation Services Best Practices International professional translation services have become a staple business service which is required by most companies in the world. This post will provide some details about translation services for professional use, and how you can order accurate and professional translation services. Meaning of professional translation services Professional translation services is …
As professionals in the translation industry, whether you are a translator, a PM, a designer, a sales manager or a translation company owner, we all live with the clock. Anyone who has worked in this business knows that deadlines are a part of our life and are sacred. If you promised your client to deliver …
At GTS Translation, we made a strategic shift a few years ago and started to sell document translation services online. It is a simple concept which is used by several other companies like gengo, onehourtranslation and translated. The customer only needs to upload her/his documents and select the source and target languages. They get the …
Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle (African Proverb) The translation industry has been dominated by huge players from Europe, North America and East Asia overshadowing important translation initiatives in other parts of the world. But in the rapidly developing region of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, …
