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What Is Translation: The Quick Guide to Different Forms of Translation
Linguistics are Complicated. Smartling Helps.
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Critical Translation KPIs to Measure and Optimize Around
Leverage Key Performance Indicators to measure the efficiency of your translation process.
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How To Leverage Smartling For a Unified Strategy
Brands that are looking to localize their experiences and content benefit greatly from a unified strategy that enables centralized management of all projects across content types and devices.
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Game Localization Part 2: How To Localize Your Game
Following part one of our Game Localization series, we cover the tactical steps to localizing your game.
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Webinar: Marie Kondo Your Localization Strategy
Learn the best practices and benefits of a centralized translation and localization strategy.
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Video Localization: The What, Why and How
Offering your video content in new languages means a wider audience to capture and engage.
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Game Localization Part 1: Adapting Video Games For Global Players
With more than 2.5 Billion players around the world, localization is your game's key to global success.
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The Top 6 Translation Management Features You Need
The most important features to keep in mind when shopping for a TMS.
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What Is a CAT Tool? Translation Software Basics
CAT Tools enable translators to work smarter and faster, with the resources they need right at their fingertips.
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Internationalization vs Localization
Localization and internationalization enable brands to reach an entirely new audience by adapting their software, website or solution to a new target audience.
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Global Expansion Series: How To Translate Your Website or Application With a Modern TMS
💪 Set your brand up for global domination!
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Top Data Insights to Fuel Your Translation (Webinar)
With Aisling Nolan, Director of Customer Success
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Global Expansion Series: Your 101 Guide to Translation and Localization Software
Translation is your 🔑 to unlocking new audiences.
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Why You Need To Leverage Linguistic Assets for High Quality, On-Brand Localized Content
Linguistic Assets empower your translators to remain on brand and deliver high quality translation.
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Webinar: Global Campaigns, Local Relevance
Learn best practices from SiriusDecisions and Smartling for how you can better integrate regional/local input into your centralized content planning process.
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Global Expansion Series: Why Your Brand Should Strive To Reach New Audiences
Arm your brand with key market data and analysis on the global commerce landscape.
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Webinar: From Zero to Localization Hero
Learn how SumUp changed their content management approach by collaborating with Smartling and Contentful to help scale their global content.
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What Is Localization?
Localization is your brand's key to unlocking an entirely new revenue center. Here's everything you need to know.
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The Top 4 Things Translation Vendors Aren't Telling You
Gain greater transparency into your translation process with some inside knowledge.
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Translation Software 101: What Is Translation Software?
Translation software empowers brands to deliver high quality content to a global audience at a rapid pace.
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That's a Wrap: Looking Back at Smartling's Translation Summit & Book Launch!
With our first annual Translation Summit behind us, we wanted to take a look back at the amazing reception and our industry-first book launch.
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How and Why Your Brand Should Enter the APAC Region: Three Tips for Successful Localization
The APAC region is ripe with opportuntiy, but will require a unique approach to penetrate the market.
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10 Questions To Ask Your Language Service Provider For a Successful Partnership
Language Service Providers should act as your brand's ambassador to translators, powering amazing connections with localized content crafted by creative professional translators.
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Six Best Practices for Communicating and Collaborating with Translators
Actively collaborating with translators will set your localization projects up for success from the start.
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What is the Localization Maturity Model, and How Do I Get to the Next Step?
Determine where your brand current stands in the Localization Maturity Model, and learn how to jump to the next step.
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How to Run a Translation Test to Evaluate Potential Language Service Providers
Here's how to run a translation test to ensure quality results before beginning your next localization project.
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Boost Your Brand's Global Engagement With In-Language and Localized Voice Search
More users are searching for businesses and services without even touching a keyboard.
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How To Create Localized Content That Resonates With Users and Drives Global Engagement
Emphasize the unique elements of culture and language to craft content that resonates with your users.
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How to Prioritize Content for Translation and Save Money
Brands should stagger content translation based on priority to help simplify localization efforts and save money.
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How to Onboard With Smartling Within 30 Days (Webinar)
With Hilary Gronberg, Director of Customer Services
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The Ugly Truth About Localization (and 3 tips that will make you successful)
Join the conversation and learn from the experts: Globalization Veteran Patricia Sainz at SAS, and Ani Obermeier, VP of Marketing at Smartling, share the SAS journey as well as their favorite lessons and tips so you can avoid those common traps.
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Translator by Day, Rock Musician by Night
When he's not jamming onstage, he's cranking out translations.
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When Is It Time to Upgrade Your TMS? (Webinar)
With Krista Malchow, Sr. Account Manager
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Three Major Warning Signs You Waited Too Long to Buy a TMS
Feeling any of these major pain points? Then it might be time for a Translation Management System.
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How to Deliver a Personalized Experience with Localized Content
Brands can reach new users in regions and foster a personal connection with localized content.
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Translation Proxies Explained: The Power of The Global Delivery Network
Smartling's powerful Global Delivery Network translation proxy enables brands to launch content in new languages faster than any other solution.
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Building an All-Star Localization Team (Webinar)
With Kunal Sarda, VP of Customer Success
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10 Ways to Optimize Content for Easy Translation
How to draft your source content with translation in mind.
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The Smartling Advantage
Our uniquely powerful trio of technology, language services, and ongoing professional services helps set Smartling apart from the competition.
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Why Translators Should Adopt Cloud Translation
Cloud Translation Management Systems have revolutionized the entire translation process.
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Why Your Brand Should Already Be Leveraging Translation Memory
Translation Memories will help cut translation costs while improving quality.
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Translation Memory: Recycling Translations to Improve Translation Quality (Webinar)
With Ryan Soos, Sr. Customer Success Manager
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10 Ways To Know Your Business is Ready For a Translation Management System
Some of the more common indicators that it might be time for your brand to adopt a TMS.
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Workflows - The Backbone of Your Translation Process (Webinar)
With Jody Bartley, Sr. Customer Success Manager
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Six Ways Smartling is Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Right Now
Smartling is actively leveraging Artificial Intelligence to make your translations even better.
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The Complete Guide to Scaling Your Business With a TMS
Planning on expanding your brand into new markets? Smartling has you covered.
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When to Use Machine Translation (Webinar)
With Linn Hu, Sr. Solution Architect, and Chris Wyant, Sr. Manager of Smartling Language Services
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Machine Learning: Going Beyond Machine Translation (Webinar)
With Benjamin Loy and Jennifer Chew
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Machine Translation: The Current State of MT in 2020
Machine translation has come a long way thanks to modern AI and machine learning. Nueral Machine Translation has entered a new realm of usability and quality.
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Webinar: Using Personalized Content to Drive More Sales
With Judy Jenner & Adrian Cohn
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Five Ways to Ramp Up Your Translation Quality
A closer look at how Smartling makes it easy to improve translation quality through the entire process.
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How Smartling Makes WordPress Translation Even Better
Smartling lets you translate WordPress content without ever leaving your familiar CMS.
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How Smartling Works
Looking to provide the best localized content possible? Here's how Smartling will help you do just that.
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Localization: A Strategy for B-to-B Marketers
Guidance for offering an appropriate local market experience
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Tearing Down Industry Norms with Gabi Moore
Thought leader and seasoned Account Manager, Gabi Moore, explains what to look for to help ease the process of translating your projects.
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How Passion and Perspective Bring Language to Life
An interview with Oana, a freelance translator who lives in a small town near Toulouse, France.
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CSA Research: MarketFlex for Language-Oriented TMS
An analysis and evaluation of nine TMSes for potential buyers.
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CSA Research: Re-assessing Translation Proxy Solutions
Translation proxy software has earned its place in the pantheon of useful localization technology.
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How One Translator Uses Technology to Travel Back in Time
An inside look at the life of Daniel, a freelance translator who lives in a rural village in Asturias, Spain.
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Fireside Chat with Adrian: Move the World with Words featuring Elisabeth Brentano
By Adrian Cohn and Elisabeth Brentano
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Global Ready Success Kit: Your Guide to Optimizing the Way You Translate
A complete guide to help you navigate the common obstacles organizations face while expanding globally.
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Fireside Chat with Adrian: Sales Ops with Rebecca Silverstein
By Adrian Cohn and Rebecca Silverstein
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Fireside Chat with Adrian: Secrets to Customer Success featuring Tyler Segalla
By Adrian Cohn and Tyler Segalla
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Fireside Chat with Adrian: Starting a new job and innovating in sales with Kelly Klein
By Adrian Cohn and Kelly Klein
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Conversational Marketing Strategies to Reach Everyone Now
By Adrian Cohn and Dave Gerhardt
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What Cockatoos and Localization Have in Common
by Annette Obermeier, Sr. Director Global Marketing
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Global Ready Success Kit 2019
A complete guide to help you navigate the common obstacles B2B organizations face while expanding globally.
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Translation Internal Review: To Do or Not to Do
By Kevin Cohn, SVP of Operations at Smartling (2014-2018)
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The Practical Benefits of Translation Job Automation
Any business spending more than $10,000 on translation a year can achieve better results — including lower costs — by leveraging automation.
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What Does Global Internet Mean to Your Business?
The new global Internet in Africa and Asia is now going mobile, and at a rapid pace.
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A Buyer’s Guide to a Translation Management System
Eight features to seek out (and the questions to ask)
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Translation vs Localization: How is Translation Different From Localization?
Translation and localization can almost be seen as two sides to the same coin. Here is how the two practices differ.
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Slack is Making Big Moves in Localization
A response to “How we Localize Slack- The cultural considerations and values that guide Slack’s global accessibility”
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Your Translation Is Ready, But Is The Quality Any Good?
Brands can leverage data analytics to ensure translation quality meets the right standard everytime.
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Localization: What It Really Means for Your Business
Localization drives your marketing strategy and business goals.
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Global Marketing vs Domestic Marketing: 3 Things to Know
Global marketing is evolution, not revolution.
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How Should Freelance Translators Price Their Services?
Not all translations are created equal.
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Essential Guide to Effective Translation
Best practices for global content localization to grow your international markets
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Reflecting on Adobe Summit 2018: The Partner Experience
The Smartling team recently attended the Adobe Summit in North America as a Silver Sponsor.
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The Modern Marketer’s Guide to Global Content Creation
How to create international content to attract new customers
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What Can We Learn from Coca-Cola’s Global Marketing Success?
Coke remains an industry leader both in sales and marketing.
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Research Report: The Path to Localization Success
Catalyzing Growth and Revenue Opportunities with Content Localization
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Three Tips for Smarter Translation
When the process itself becomes more efficient, you should see improvement across all areas.
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How Translation and Transcreation Can Combine for a Better Experience
To express high level messaging and extend the brand’s emotional intent, you might want to consider a more refined type of localization: transcreation.
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Translation: Are You Doing it Wrong?
Are you still copying and pasting strings into spreadsheets and emailing them to translators? If the answer is yes, then let’s face it: your translation process needs an overhaul.
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8 Things to Ask When Evaluating a Translation Technology Company
The translation technology company you select will ultimately dictate the rate and extent of your success.
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Global Content and the Next Frontier for B2B Marketing
Translating digital content, like websites, mobile apps and documents, is a competitive advantage for your business.
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Integrations Are Key When Selecting a Translation Management Platform
The right TMS solution for you needs to not only prove an integration is possible, but aligned with your unique requirements as well.
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Agile Translation: A Step by Step Guide
How to Apply Agile Principles To Rapidly Changing Translation Needs
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Buy vs. Build – Why Localization Is Different
Companies tend to confront this build vs. buy dilemma in one of three ways.
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Free Up Developers to Work on Your Roadmap (And Go Global Faster)
Considering the investment today’s companies are making in IT talent, each tedious task that distracts developers from their primary duties is now a corner-office concern.
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Going Global with Mobile App Content
Learn how leading brands are leveraging mobile app translation to capture bigger shares of a fast-growing international market.
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Translation: A Reliable Recipe for Business Growth
Learn how to shape a translation strategy that suits your audience and elevates your business.
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How Localization Managers Can Keep The Whole Team Happy
For localization managers eager to build a positive team culture, the task begins by understanding the individual needs of each member.
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21 Tips and Tricks for Improving your Translation Efficiency
Implement these key processes to improve your next translation project.
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Translation: What, Why, Who, Where, When and How
Download this eBook to learn why translation matters to your business.
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10 Ways to Measure Translation ROI
Learn 10 ways brands can measure translation ROI, and five ways to measure the added ROI from using a translation management platform –
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Want to Reduce Review? Help Your Translators Help You
Empower translators to do their best work for the highest quality outcome, everytime.
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The Total Economic Impact Of A Cloud Based Translation Management Platform
This study conducted by Forrester examples the potential ROI of a cloud based translation management platform.
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5 Trends Shaping the Future of Global Marketing
Learn about the changes in the global landscape that are impacting businesses today.
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The Future of Global eCommerce
How retail brands are tailoring content and experiences to international audiences
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Translation Strategy is Growth Strategy
Achieving a more dominant global position through a better approach to global content.
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3 Ways Adding Languages Will Test Your Translation Strategy
Ensure your translation strategy is efficient and optimized for success by adding in new languages.
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Create an Optimal User Experience for Global Website Visitors
Create an Optimal User Experience for Global Website Visitors
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7 Symptoms of a Broken Translation Process
7 Symptoms of a broken translation process, and what each one could cost your business.
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The Translation Cost Category Most Companies Forget
The missing piece that causes costs to skyrocket.
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How Can Travel Brands Beat Translation Frustration? [Report]
To help brands transform translation from an agonizing project into an agile process, Smartling has partnered with travel industry authority Skift on a new report.
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Are You Leveraging All Your Website Translation Options?
With serveral different translation services to choose from, is your brand leveraging all of the resources available?
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ROI of Translation Tech: Where Do Brands See Big Results?
The interviewed organization realized 252% ROI from its translation technology deployment, with a payback period of less than 12 months.
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Why Should Brands Offer Native Brand Experiences?
Native brand experiences put the focus on the consumer rather than the brand.
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Powering loyalty anywhere and revenue everywhere with technology.
Best practices for translating content in Adobe Experience Manager with Smartling.
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Seal of Biliteracy: Yet Another Reminder of Bilingual Marketing Potential
The Seal of Biliteracy is a good gesture - and a start in recognizing multilingual America.
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What’s the Value of Good Translation?
Localizing high-quality content supports your ability to close new deals, build relationships with customers, improve market penetration, and increase brand awareness.
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Calculate the Value of Website Localization Services
From view counts to actual sales, here are a few methods you can use to determine the success of the localization tool you’re using.
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Where Global B2B Marketing Strategies and Customer Experience Intersect
Prospects are far more ready to convert when they feel that they are being noticed and treated as individuals.
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How to Survive When Your Translator Goes on Vacation
Buyers often think of translators as interchangeable. Here are some reasons why the opposite is true.
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Where Transcreation Ends and Localization Begins
How localization is more about function, less about form.
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Three Indicators of Customer-Centric Translation Software
Ways to know that translation software was built for customer needs.
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Ten Common Myths About Translation Quality
Many translation consumers resort to tactics that might seem logical to them, but can actually get in the way of ensuring the best translation quality.
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Seeking Quick ROI? There’s a Localized App for That
Localizing iPhone application text resulted in significantly more downloads – 128% more per country, in fact.
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CSA Research MarketFlex for Language-Oriented TMS
An analysis and evaluation of nine TMSes for potential buyers.
