Making Sure Brand Messages Aren’t Lost In Translation (Part #1)

 

Here is a very helpful article by Elizabeth Elting who is the co-founder of TransPerfect Company. Crain’s New York Business has ranked TransPerfect as one of the largest privately held companies, as well as one of the largest women-owned companies, seven years in a row. This article focuses on the quality website translation, localization and international search engine optimization (ISEO). It is a pretty long article but we would like to publish part by part.

Part #1: Every word counts.

This is certainly true on a website, but the importance of word choice is magnified as businesses condense the content of their communication. Twitter’s strict length parameters, for example make every word choice a critical one. Translating for this kind of platform requires not only timesaving software solutions, but seasoned human translators, as well.

Multi-language tweets can be a valuable tool in numerous communities around the world, but 140 characters in English do not neatly translate into 140 characters in Spanish, for example. A proven translation solution is a must for any company eager to take advantage of the direct customer communication possible on social media platforms.

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