Lost in translation. William Shakespeare once eloquently wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet…” On a purely poetic and olfactory level, Old Bill hit the emotional nail on the head. But in the field of international...
One Stop Shopping. For more than 25 years, One Planet has been a trusted industry leader that creates foreign-language versions of software documentation, multilingual websites, equipment manuals, multilingual excellence for English language marketing collateral and...
Avoid the “out” basket. Translated documents with an American viewpoint can often convey confusing, or even offensive, messages overseas. So how do you prevent your translated documents from finding the bottom of wastebaskets? Create a culture-neutral, global...
Don’t be the last to know. If your company is like most it regularly talks to its worldwide customers about the products and services it provides, but rarely about the translated documentation that accompanies them. Direct, objective customer feedback on translated...
One chance only. In our highly competitive global market you do not get a second chance to make a good first impression. When dealing with foreign clients, language and cultural barriers are very often the only obstacles between success or failure. ...
The price of being misunderstood. There’s no room for ambiguity, or error, in technology-driven companies such as yours. Translation of technical publications, marketing collateral, proposals or manuals into other languages must be flawless and cost-effective. That’s...
