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“Nice set of hooters you got there!” This is a quote from Dumb & Dumber. If you haven’t seen the movie (he’s referring to owls), this line could be offensive. This demonstrates how context is everything, and a lack of context can cause trouble, including translation problems.

Should translating English content into Chinese cost more than translating it into Liki? Which costs more to translate: blogs or technical manuals? What services are included in a price quote? We answer these questions and more in our look at how a quotation for translation services is calculated.

Translating your website is a snap, right? Don’t you just run it through some sort of translation machine and start collecting money from new consumers? We’ve seen sites like this, and they do not loosen purse strings. Fortunately, we’ve put together a foolproof way for translating digital marketing content.

Talented translators are hard to come by these days. It is especially difficult to find someone who has the experience and expertise to introduce your brand to foreign markets. Rather than banging your head against a wall with in-house translators, consider outsourcing translation services to the experts.

Smart companies are automating as many of their processes as possible. This includes turning to machine translation (MT) tools for their localization projects. MT is an excellent way to get fast, cheap translations, but there are a few machine translation best practices you must take into consideration.