At some point, you may have felt the need to resort to language technology consultancy services. Picture this: some clients have that tech-savvy team member that eats, sleeps, and breathes technology news and can easily sort any implementation out, paving the way for an easy-going localization plan. Some clients just don’t. And it’s perfectly normal. The language service industry is evolving rapidly, and there is no denying that technological innovations play a significant role in this transformation. To succeed in the global market, it’s key to stay ahead of the curve and leverage technology to optimize your multilingual localization strategy.

In this blog post, we’ll discuss how technological innovations can help you optimize your multilingual localization strategy and why you should hire professional language technology consultancy services.

What language technology consultancy services will a localization company provide?

A global language service provider (LSP) can offer a wide range of language technology consultancy services. These will be aimed at improving their clients’ localization processes. Here are some relevant language technology consultancy services that a localization company may offer.

Language Quality Specific

• Translation Memory (TM) Optimization: Analyzing clients’ existing translation memories and providing recommendations on how to optimize and maintain them for better translation consistency, cost reduction, and improved turnaround time.

• Machine Translation (MT) Integration: Evaluating clients’ requirements and helping them integrate machine translation technologies into their workflows, as well as providing post-editing guidelines and final quality assessment.

• Terminology Management: Assisting clients in establishing effective terminology management processes, including terminology extraction, glossary creation, and terminology databases, to ensure consistent terminology usage across multiple languages.

• Quality Assurance (QA) Automation: Recommending and implementing QA tools and processes to automate quality checks, linguistic validations, and compliance verifications, resulting in improved translation quality and reduced time-to-market.

• Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech Solutions: Consulting on the implementation of speech recognition technologies for transcription services, voice-over localization, and accessibility solutions.

Multilingual Communication Strategic Implementations

• Localization Technology Consulting: Assisting clients in selecting and implementing appropriate localization management systems (LMS) or translation management systems (TMS) to streamline translation workflows, project management, and quality assurance processes.

• Website and Software Localization: Providing expertise in website and software localization, including internationalization assessments, localization workflows, and testing strategies for delivering localized digital products.

• Global Content Management: Advising clients on strategies and technologies for effectively managing multilingual content, including content authoring, version control, content repositories, and content management systems (CMS).

Information security

• Data Security and Compliance: Advising clients on data security measures, confidentiality agreements, compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR), and ensuring secure handling of linguistic assets and client information.

To sum up, consulting on existing and emerging language technologies, such as advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), large language models (LLM), and other relevant technologies helps our clients stay at the forefront of their industry.

Why hire language technology consultancy services when implementing a multilingual localization strategy?

Clients may find it challenging to handle language technology implementations themselves. The reasons may vary based on their expertise, needs, and the ever-evolving landscape of language and technology itself. 

Implementing and managing language technologies can be complex, involving integration with existing systems, customization, and configuration, and therefore it can require specialized knowledge and expertise. It is precisely this lack of expertise and technical know-how that often prevents clients from dealing with language technology implementations within their in-house team. In addition, such implementations are typically time-consuming and resource-intensive. Clients may already be at full capacity with their core business activities and be faced with constraints at the moment of assigning resources to technology implementations.

A professional localization company, on the other hand, offers access to industry experts who stay updated on the latest advancements in language technologies. This expertise helps clients make informed decisions about adopting emerging technologies, choosing the right tools, and implementing best practices in their language processes. An LSP will provide end-to-end language solutions, including the wide range of services which this encompasses. These reach ongoing support and maintenance services since language technology implementations require continuous support, updates, and maintenance to ensure optimal performance and address any issues that may arise.

Language technology consultancy services will help you optimize your multilingual localization strategy

When planning your multilingual localization strategy, leverage advanced language technologies. They will help you optimize your language workflows, improve translation quality, achieve cost efficiencies, and ensure compliance with industry standards. If you don’t feel quite confident as to where to start or how to carry out implementations, think of partnering with a professional localization company and hiring language technology consultancy services. You will be able to focus on your core business while benefiting from efficient and effective language technology implementations.

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