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Translation and localisation
Terminology, tone, culture, multilingual release. Literal translation is the cheapest and worst option.
28 entries here · one process per category, checkpoints written per job
- Chinese to English: break sentences firstA long Chinese sentence becomes a tangled English one.
- English to Chinese: no translationeseThe Chinese reads like translated English.
- Terminology: one term, one renderingOne term rendered three ways in one document.
- Legal text: accuracy over fluencyTranslating contract clauses with liability at stake.
- Marketing copy: transcreate, not translateA slogan translated literally falls flat.
- Technical docs: no ambiguous stepsSteps that fail when followed after translation.
- Subtitles: characters and timingSubtitles too dense to read.
- Interpreting prep: a glossary before the meetingProfessional interpreting with unfamiliar terminology.
- Poetry: meaning or formTranslating a poem and unsure what to sacrifice.
- Spoken text: it must read aloudA translated speech that stumbles when read.
- Contracts and tables: format mattersTables that break after translation.
- Translation QA: five checksUnsure whether anything was missed.
- Untranslatables: culture-specific termsLocal concepts that mean nothing to the target reader.
- Post-editing MT: what to fixMachine output as a base needing human editing.
- Multilingual launch: which languages firstGoing global and unsure which languages to start with.
- UI copy: space and toneButtons overflow and the tone is off.
- Formats: do not make users convertDates and amounts that look wrong locally.
- Images and colour: cultural fitOne image set for all markets, some of which offend.
- Multilingual SEO: keywords are not translatedTranslated keywords that nobody searches.
- Plurals and gender: grammar gapsPlural rules that vanish in Chinese and multiply in Russian.
- Hard-coded strings: what is still ChineseA few strings always stay untranslated.
- Legal: what cannot be said locallyOne claim, different legal limits per country.
- TM and glossary: long-term assetsEvery translation starts from scratch.
- Review: who should read the localised textThe translation passed QA and local colleagues say it reads wrong.
- Brand names: translate or keepWhether to translate the brand name for a new market.
- Help centre: structure firstHelp centres with different structures per language.
- Localisation testing: before releaseDisplay issues appear after every multilingual release.
- Outsourcing translation: briefing wellFiles sent to an agency come back unusable.
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