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Translation

Getting it Right



If you’re not a linguist

yourself, buying translations

can be frustrating.

The suggestions in this guide

are aimed at reducing stress

and helping you get the most

out of your translation budget.

Q: Translation, interpreting

— what’s the difference?

A: Translators write;

interpreters speak.

If you’re working with written documents — a user

manual for your German customers, billboards for a sales

campaign in Argentina, reports filed in Chinese by your

new subsidiary in Shanghai that you must read and

understand — you need a translator.

If you want to interact with people in a foreign

language on the spot — a lab tour with Mexican

visitors, a board meeting in Japan, a parents’ evening

with a family recently arrived from Romania — you

need an interpreter.