Five Ways to Avoid Mistakes when Hiring Certified Translators

When you need something translated, it’s important to get it right the first time. Otherwise, you run the risk of embarrassing yourself at best, or insulting someone at worst. Hiring a certified translator seems to be the best way to avoid a faux pas, but how do you know that you’ve hired the right person […]


Legal Translation Services Cost

Why are legal translations more expensive? Before I get into the details of legal translation services cost, I want you to consider an example of legal text. The following comes from a summary judgement from Celotex Corp. v. Catrett – 477 U.S. 317 (1986). I selected a random paragraph so that we can see what […]


Translation Rates – 6 Easy Steps to get Quality and Value

Here are six steps to follow to improve your translation rates and maintain value. 1. Translate only what you need. Is your manual 200 pages? See if you can cut it down.  It will save you time and money on your translation project. Longer documents naturally translate to higher translation rates. 2. Use images where […]