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Michael Reimer
When customers are looking to source translation services, there are generally two factors which are uppermost in their minds: quality and price. How do you ensure a high-quality product while keeping costs as low as possible? As with anything else, it’s always a good idea to shop around, but what should you look for in a language services provider? Below, we review some of the key factors to consider so that you can make sure you select the right partner for you.

Wadii El Maroudi
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in health programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. It builds upon several long‐standing federal civil rights laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of race, color or national origin.

Written by Konstantin Josseliani
Applying this concept to the translation industry is an interesting exercise. Looking closely, it’s clear that this sector also has its hedgehogs and foxes. There are translation companies who, having chosen their preferred path a long time ago (perhaps they specialize in a particular industry such as health or IT, or in certain services like software or games localization), stick to it rigorously, regardless of the changing environment around them. These companies may seem slow, but once they pick up the required speed, they generally post growth rates significantly above the industry average. It’s fair to say that they “start slow but move fast.”

About a third of LSPs prefer to develop their own business automation systems rather than buy an off-the-shelf solution and Janus Worldwide is one of them, having invested money, resources and about five years to develop its Global Technology Platform (GTP) for interacting with clients. By the end of 2020, more than a quarter of the company’s clients had migrated to the new system. Natalya Rudinskaya, Key Account Director at Janus Worldwide, shares her vision of translation automation solutions and discusses the intent behind the creation of Janus’s Global Technology Platform.

Written by Oldrich Kraus
There’s no need to tout the advantages of video in this era. We all can see its omnipresence in our daily lives. There are all kinds of displays everywhere. And where is our attention drawn most? Why of course, to the ones with moving pictures. And this attention capture is far from the only huge advantage of video. Some say that we retain only 10% of what we read and 50% of what we see and hear. Even if these numbers are not real and just a perpetuation of some urban myth, it’s quite clear that video captivates us and leaves us with stronger impressions than just text or static images. If you’re in doubt, just try scrolling down some social media feed containing text status updates, images as well as videos. How often do you stop to examine a post containing only text, how often post with image and how often one with video? If you’re like most people, you usually scroll through the images, stop at the videos and ignore the text!