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• PM Stories

Project managers at translation agencies face tons of difficulties and challenges every day. Here is one of them. If you recognize yourself in this video, feel free to like and share it.

• translation management system (TMS)
• translation technology

When choosing a business management system for their translation agency, a manager has to decide if that should be online or desktop. Each type has its pros and cons. Let’s take a look at them.

• PM Stories

Project managers at translation agencies face tons of difficulties and challenges every day. Here is one of them. If you recognize yourself in this video, feel free to like and share it.

• sales in translation agency

There is a debate between managers and sales specialists at translation agencies: Are translation and localization conferences worth the money you invest in them? There is a very wide range of responses — from “That’s where all my clients come from” to “They’re a pointless waste of money”. Why are opinions so varied and how do you make sales anyway?

• PM Stories

There are tons of complications and difficulties project managers encounter every day in a translation agency. Here is one of them. If you see yourself in this video, like and share it.

• translation agency management
• project management
• vendor management

One of the hardest parts of a translation project manager’s job is supervising translators’ work and building relationships with them. All project managers know, the more competent and predictable the translators in their team, the more projects their team can complete, and, therefore, the more they can earn. As long as the project management and sales at a translation agency are well organized, the main obstacle to growth in the company is going to be shortage of staff. How do you minimize the risks associated with this and attract the best linguists to your team?

• translation agency management
• translation management system (TMS)
• translation technology

There is a little-spoken but all-pervasive claim that says a business can only be successful if it is built on the most up-to-date technologies. In particular, managers of translation companies are always hearing that to do translations you need CAT tools, to organize your working processes you need a management system, to attract customers you need CRM systems, and so on. This is all so self-explanatory it doesn’t even get talked about — it is automatically assumed to be true.

• translation agency management

Did you know that most companies (and translation agencies are no exception) are not actually run by anyone? Like airliners, they cruise on autopilot, and all their employees, the managers included, are their idle passengers. Don’t you believe that?

• translation agency management
• translation management system (TMS)
• translation technology

This article is based on the experience of a someone who runs two translation companies that have become leaders in their own countries. In both cases, the translation management system was one of the most crucial factors in their growth.

• translation agency management

From time immemorial, people have kept secrets in order to gain or maintain advantage over others. The secret of manufacturing silk in ancient China, the construction of the atom bomb, and the recipe for Coca Cola are just some examples. Translation agencies also have their secrets: the very first users of Trados when it had only just appeared on the market hid the very fact that they were using it, so as not to give away their competitive advantage. Have things now changed?