6 Effective Tips to Prepare Your Document for Translation

Having a document that needs to be translated? Do you require some helpful tips on saving your time and money? If yes, then make sure you pay attention to prepare your document before forwarding it to the translation company. 

Here are 6 quick tips to assist you for a successful error-free translation project.

1- Provide glossary & style-guide

The glossary and style-guide include general terms, abbreviations, product names and acronyms that should keep your documents’ consistency and unity.

2- Define your project scope

This would help the translation company to choose their best translators who have prior experience in the relevant field.

3- Prepare editable document

Sending the translation company documents that are not editable will require extra phase to extract the text which will cost you extra money.

4- Quality assurance

Be well-acknowledged about the quality assurance process that the translation company follows and the company is ISO 17100 certified.

5- Cost and timeline

It is very crucial to have a rough estimate of the cost of the entire project. Make sure you set up a timeline as well to avoid last minute hassle. 

6- Confidentiality 

Use certain security features to ensure the confidentiality of your documents such as password protection, encryption or sign NDA to avoid any legal issues.

Feel free to contact us anytime to discuss your project’s details.