style guides

Ten document translation tips top technical writers swear by

12th May 2016 Nancy Matis End-Clients

As it is, the preparation of documents for foreign language markets comes with more than enough challenges. As you manage your content across product lines

Resources

7th March 2016 Nancy Matis Reference Material

We have compiled a list of helpful resources for new and seasoned professionals alike. Please keep in mind this list does not follow any particular

Why should you invest in term base creation, glossaries or style guides when ordering translation?

8th May 2015 Nancy Matis Terminology

Building a bank of translation resources can be a wise investment If you’re interested in getting the very best out of your business translation service

Translation (style) guides – guides to nowhere

29th April 2015 Nancy Matis End-Clients

In the translation industry, it is common practice for the clients to issue style guides that aim to provide a translator with specific instructions to

Pricing in the Translation-Memory Workflow

11th April 2015 Nancy Matis Pricing

Translation memory (TM) and machine translation (MT) continue to change the translation industry. Pricing is evolving, too, as clients, translators, and agencies offer and accept

Translation Memories: Should You Hold Them or Trash Them?

25th March 2015 Nancy Matis Translation tools

Old translation memories may mean that your legacy content is damaging your current content localization strategy. Should you fix them or just start over?

Translation Style Isn’t Unique, And That’s A Good Thing!

25th March 2015 Nancy Matis Reference Material

Fast-growing rising stars are innovators and, as such, they rarely take the exact same path to global markets. But that doesn’t mean every global company

In praise of the project manager

24th March 2015 Nancy Matis Project Managers

Linguists – The best translation project managers are linguists. (I can think of only one notable exception that I worked with). Many translation project managers

Reference material

2nd March 2015 Nancy Matis Reference Material

(e-book extract) The reference material to be used by the translation teams can be sent in a single batch for all the projects relating to

Project Managers and Translators share many skills

24th February 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

When I come to the end of my Translation Project Management courses, I usually explain to the students the main skills I expect from translation