The decision has been made! You’re moving away from a decentralized, and often chaotic, process of buying translations and are looking to put a long-term structure in place – now there are a few things to bear in mind. Here’s our 5-point plan to make this transition a success.

Although many companies are keen to use the right terminology at all times and across all departments, in reality they often don’t have a practical, affordable terminology management tool to help them do this. Instead, each department does its own thing, and the results can be messy. But it doesn’t have to be: there are web-based tools that make...

As a Localization Engineer, Ben Miller’s job is to ensure the translation process runs smoothly – so the technology nerd is the go-to person at MEINRAD when interfaces need to be programmed. Ben discusses the requirements, the process and the challenges involved in developing interfaces for translation projects.

Terminology management is a word that can send a shiver down people’s spines – “time-consuming”, “stressful” and “complicated” are just three of the words often used to describe it. But it doesn’t have to be! Smart systems can make managing terminology simple and efficient from the start, improving your internal and external communication...

In a challenging economic climate, lots of businesses are having to tighten their belts in order to survive. Cost-saving measures can have a big impact across the board, including at in-house translation departments. The translation team is often one of the first departments to be targeted for outsourcing and redundancies – but there’s a lot you...

Many businesses prefer to get the staff at their sites in other countries to review the translations produced by translation agencies. In itself it’s a good idea, as these staff know their target market better than anyone else and are therefore the best people to optimize the translations – but there are a few things to bear in mind to ensure...

Web-based tools make it easy for clients and translation agencies to work together. One option is for a client’s in-house experts to use the agency’s software to carry out their own reviews or maintain their term bases. This doesn’t just save money: it also allows their translations to beadapted to suit the expectations of the specialists reading...

It’s not often you see “strategy” and “translation department” in the same sentence. Although state-of-the-art tools, the latest trends and future developments are always being discussed at trade conferences and elsewhere, proactive strategic planning hasn’t been considered important in translation departments. We’d like to change that – find out...

Everyone loves lean, efficient processes, but not many people actually get them.In-house translation departments are no exception. But if you know what you’re doing, there’s the potential to make enormous savings and create lots of added value from the translation process. If you’re looking to increase your technical, linguistic and business...