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What we do

Professionally translate or localize your web pages into one of a list of languages. This may be anything from a single page through to an entire website.

Our localization and translation services are powered by London Translation - click here to get further details.

Why you need it

When moving a website into a new country, cultural differences can easily lead you into hot water, especially when your content needs to appear in a different language. Even tiny changes in the words used can lead to confusion and a loss of meaning.

For example when Pepsi translated it's famous slogan "Come alive with the pepsi generation" into Taiwanese it read"Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead" - not exactly the product endorsement they were looking for.
See some more examples of getting it wrong...

Website localization

Our website Localization services include both linguistic and technical skills to make your website localization project a resounding success in any language. Our services include:

  • HTML translation (Text, Meta Tags, Alt Tags)
  • Flash files
  • CGI/Java/Perl translation
  • Single Byte/Double Byte conversion
  • Database translation
  • Local search engine submission and reporting

About translation

When a business translates an important document, they are literally at the mercy of their translator. You may be fortunate and have a member of staff who is gifted linguistically in both languages and has the required writing, editing, and proof-reading skills, but before making this judgment call however, here's a good test to determine if your employee is up to the task. First, they must be native speakers of the language into which they are translating. Second, have them write a marketing piece or business letter in English. If they can pass these two tests, they will probably suffice. Remember, a poorly translated document can mean the difference between an international success and a complete failure.

Languages

  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Bulgarian
  • Czech
  • Chinese
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Thai

If you'd like a quote on localization or translation then please click here for further details.

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