[Webinar] Terminology Management Panel
In this panel discussion, together with Gabriele Sauberer and Detlef Reineke, we talked talk about strategies for getting started with terminology management, benefits and challenges, data modeling and more.
read moreTerminology 101: Getting Started
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators . In a previous post, we discussed the role of terminology in translation as well as the main benefits of terminology management in terms of efficiency, quality, and cost. Today we want to dig a bit deeper into terminology management and analyze how to lay out the building blocks of a termbase, i.e. the terminology entry. Terminology Management: When and How to Start Developing a...
read moreA Checklist for Translation Vendor Management
Main Tasks of a Translation Vendor Manager This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators . As an integration to another article, A Data-based Approach to Translation Vendor Management, we’d like to expand here the vendor manager role as centered around three main tasks: Finding and selecting the resources best suited for a project.Vetting and recruiting them.Updating the vendor base on a regular basis. Just as for our other...
read moreA Bundling-Unbundling Strategy for Your Translation Business
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. Have you flown recently? Have you had the chance to experience and tell the difference between a legacy and a budget airline? Budget airlines have succeeded in cutting their production (overhead) costs, which has made it possible for them to lower prices. Sometimes, being cheap is not enough, though. A cost-cutting strategy might be successful in the short term, but it might...
read moreA Machine Translation Checklist for New Users
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. Machine translation is an essential component of translation automation. If used correctly, it leads to increased productivity, faster turnaround times, higher consistency, and improved accuracy. Machine translation can be a useful tool in many domains and with different text typologies: from weather reports to tourism, from technical documentation to user-generated content, from websites...
read moreHow to Sound Like a Pro when Talking about Translation Quality
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. Quality assurance, quality control, quality evaluation… Does your head spin when you hear these words? Translation quality is always a bit confusing if only for the many standards involved, none of which tell you how to measure it. Think of the international ISO 17100, ASTM F2575 in the US, the Canadian CAN/CGSB-131.10-2008, and all the other specific translation-related standards,...
read moreA Diversification Strategy for Your Translation Business
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. In business, diversification can apply both to services and products. Choosing to concentrate on a single product or a single service is a good strategy in the beginning. A startup can concentrate its energy on doing one thing to the best of its ability. But when a company starts to grow, there will be many opportunities to add products and/or services, acquire new clients and enter new...
read moreOnboarding in localization: translating onboarding into a long-term collaboration
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. After many months of research and hundreds of interviews, you’ve finally found the new employee whose skills you need to expand and strengthen your localization team! But if you think all your problems are over… well, think again, because it’s time to start the so-called (technical) on-boarding. Efficient On-boarding Process On-boarding — also known as organizational...
read moreHow Does Translation Technology Fit in the Tourism Industry?
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. According to Deloitte’s Travel and Hospitality Industry Outlook for 2019, the past 10 years have seen an “historic burst in travel demand.” From 2009 to 2017, in the United States only, hotel gross bookings grew from $116 billion to $185 billion, while airline revenues jumped from $155 billion to $222 billion. Even in my relatively small country (the Netherlands), in 2018...
read moreA Video Localization Strategy For Your Video Content Marketing
This article was originally published on the Wordbee Blog. Wordbee are the makers of the popular translation management system and CAT Tool for translators. The case for video content Content marketing is a form of marketing that makes you listen carefully to what your customers have to say and discover what their needs are. You have to focus on your customers’ challenges and establish a connection by providing information — and a solution — whenever possible. “Markets are conversations”, wrote the authors of the Cluetrain...
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