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Large-volume translation projects often begin before an organization has a usable glossary. In that situation, terminology consistency depends on whether the provider can identify key terms, apply approved terminology across the full content set, and verify it before delivery. A large translation request can arrive with hundreds of pages or dozens of files but no […]

Technical documentation translation can be grammatically correct and still sound wrong to the people who use the product. For manufacturers localizing manuals across multiple markets, translation quality often depends on whether the terminology matches the language used by the industry, the product, and the people who work with it. A translated manual may contain no […]

When a company outside Asia needs its documentation in Korean, Japanese, or Chinese, the search for a partner usually begins with a ranking. The credible lists come from three firms that study the language industry every year: CSA Research, Nimdzi, and Slator. They are a sound place to start. For Asian-language work in particular, though, […]

For a global travel platform, reaching Asian travelers means localizing content into Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, and increasingly into Southeast Asian languages too. Doing it well takes more than volume translation. It takes a partner who works in these markets every day and holds terminology and voice steady across every surface a traveler touches. Global […]

Even an accurate, grammatically correct translation can feel unfamiliar to local users. Spelling, units, dates, numbers, terminology, and formatting conventions vary by market. For manufacturers localizing manuals and technical documentation across multiple countries, controlling these locale-specific differences is part of translation quality, not a final polish. The problem may be locale, not translation The United […]

A translation memory accumulates on its own as translation happens, but staying current is a separate matter altogether. In manual localization programs where each new model derives from the last, the TM is where the next document starts, so any change that reached the published file without passing back through the TM will resurface. Leave […]

If you’re getting close to selecting an AI translation vendor, this is the last checklist you need before signing. In a sales pitch, anything looks possible. But the verbal pitch and the actual operating system can be very different things. Below are the items to verify in writing — not just hear in a presentation […]

AI translation quality is improving fast. But “improving” and “production-ready” are not the same thing. Any company that has actually run AI translation through a real project has hit a quality issue they didn’t see coming. This article walks through four of the most common places AI translation breaks down — and what it takes […]