Saturday 9 November 2013

Document Translation Services: Human vs. Internet

Document translation is just a common thing to do especially if we are dealing with different clients all over the world. Of course, not every one of us can understand English and it could be better if we would be flexible when it comes to our documents. There are few reasons on why we are translating our documents and these are the following:
  •        We translate our documents for our clients to understand it. If you are running a worldwide type of business, usually it is good to have your documents written in different languages where in your possible customers and clients would be able to choose their preferred or native language. This can also be a great way for you to have an easy communication around the globe.
  •            To impress our future investors. In getting some investors to your business, it could be better if you are going to have someone who is not in the same race for you as this could help in expanding your business worldwide and even make you exposed to other nationalities. Due to that, we may translate our documents in the language of our investors for them to be impressed and let them know how thankful you are to them.
  •            To exposed our business for more possible clients. If you are going to have your documents translated to some other languages, it will be an opportunity to you to have more clients outside the country where you are currently in.


Because of that reason, most people in the business are encouraged to search from different websites and a translator that offers translation services (like languagespro.com/) that could help them to successfully conduct this task. Right now, there is a lot of websites as well as translating companies that can be found in both local and internet market, due to that you may be asking in which are you going to give your trust when it comes to translating, are you going to go for the internet sites or hire someone that is knowledgeable in your needed language?
So let us discuss the pros and cons of the two.
Human Translation
Pros
  •           More reliable
  •          You can have the chance to check out the background of the translator by checking out some of his or her past works that has been done
  •          You can have some communications
  •          Can easily understand what you are trying to say in your document

Cons
  •           It is quite expensive to hire a translator
  •           May need more time to finish the required translation of the documents

Internet or Website Translations
Pros:
  •            Can easily translate the document with just a few clicks of the links provided in the website
  •             Usually free but to those that are being paid, it is not that pricey
  •            Can translate the documents without a need of others
  •             No need to spend time searching and hiring some people

Cons
  •                        It is hard to know if it is reliable
  •                        May need a lot of checking to have an assurance
  •                      There is a possibility that it can provide few mistakes


So those are the pros and cons of the two, the decision on which are you going to choose will actually depends in you and your needs.


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