Milwaukee WI, October 8, 2020 -- Your company is looking to expand into a new global marketplace, and you’ll be responsible for developing and executing a plan to get the support material into the target language. If your plan goes well, the translated technical documentation will go a long way in keeping your new customers happy with your product and relieving strain on your new sales and service force. If your plan doesn’t go so well, you can only imagine… What steps can you take to make your part of this expansion successful?
- Do research on established product terminology. Has someone within your company (perhaps Marketing or Engineering) already started setting some standards in the target language for your product? Is there an established competitor who has set the pace in your industry? Gather representative documents and set them aside in a reference file.
- Gather a list of prospective peers. Talk to people who have been in your situation — business associates, leaders in your company’s other departments and divisions, friends. Do some legwork on the Internet.
- Narrow down your options. Sort out the professional technical translators. All translators will claim to be proficient in the target language. A professional technical translator needs to be proficient in the subject matter, the source language, and the target language. Some translation companies may have a staff of translators with different languages and industry specialties. The best translators use computer-aided translation memory tools to make use of existing documents, build a translation memory and keep terminology consistent. They should be able to provide you with a translated document, formatted in the target language. Contact your prospects and weed out those who can’t address these issues.
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CPG is the perfect partner for technical documentation translation needs. From website translation, technical writing, CAD conversions to desk top publishing.