By Irene Fuentes. https://www.gala-global.org/knowledge-center/professional-development/articles/top-5-soft-skills-translation-project-managers?utm_source=quarterly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content
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App Localization in 8 Simple Steps
You work at a fast-growing startup. You’re aware that it’s time to expand to international markets—more users and bigger revenues are your top priorities right
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Translation Project Management: Like A Martial Art?
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Enabling smooth translations from Japanese into English
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Red T – Translating and interpreting in conflict zones
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8 Reasons Why Website Localization Projects Fail
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The Seven Mistakes Translation Project Managers Should Avoid
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Keeping Your Translation Clients Happy
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18 reasons why an agency might stop working with you
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Client review changes – Part 2: How to handle them
In this post, we’ll look at some of the most common types of client changes and how to handle them. TERMINOLOGY CHANGES The client decided
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Why Multicultural Marketing Is The Next Big Thing
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Top skills required to be a successful translation project manager
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Which Terminology for the European Citizen?
In the era of globalization and multilingual communication, States, companies and organizations need to establish and to share a commonly understandable terminology. Two questions have
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Translation companies – Let’s hear it from the good guys!
You read and hear all these horror stories on social media and translation blogs about translation companies. I want to tell you about a lovely
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How to Deal with Rejection as a Freelancer
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My Golden Rules For Quality Assurance In Translation
In the highly competitive global translation market quality may be the main differentiator – a factor that makes the difference between success and failure. Quality
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Understanding Translation Project Management
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Managing translation feedback the right way
Once your marketing material has been translated or transcreated and proofread, it’s time for the approval cycle to commence. This stage can be tricky, we
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Working with agencies
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The big list of 103 Freelance Translators’ tips
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Where should translators live?
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The Number 1 Mistake Made by Most Translation Teams (and Four Examples of Why It Matters)
Marketing oriented translation work is beset with potential hazards. Whether you are concerned with packaging, signage, ad copy, or an international website’s user interface, you
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Winging it — No project management for translation or localization
Sound project management is crucial to taking possession of a quality, error free project. If you’ve undertaken a translation or localization project, even a small
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A Translator’s Customer Loyalty – Part I
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A Look at Translation Project Management
We consider translation project management absolutely critical for an agency to consistently deliver quality translations on time and on budget. In our opinion some of
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What to Look Out for When Choosing a Translation Provider?
In recent years, translation has become a part and parcel of the global business world. In fact, the very existence of many companies depends on
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