Projects in your business need to be translated, but you are not sure who addressed them. This article will surely help you make decisions. When choosing a language service provider (LSP translation) or freelance translator there are certainly many pros on both sides. Let us consider them in detail.
Freelance Translator Edition
- You reach a translator directly. A freelance translator is a many-faced person as he/she is a translator, a project manager, and a sales manager himself/herself. If you have any questions related to the quality of the translation, some queries, or payment issues, a freelance translator is right here to help you.
- Freelance translators are experts in their fields of expertise. Freelance translators are interested in constantly upgrading their skills. And as we sometimes say ‘a translator is a student his/her whole life’.
- It is up to you whether to choose this or that freelance translator. You are in charge of the hiring process: finding them on the portals, making interviews, reviewing CVs, making the final decision, and providing the translator with all the necessary project details. It takes a lot of time to do this, but it is worth the results.
- Freelance translators are cheaper, but this fact varies from time to time as freelance translators set their prices alone.
Language Service Provider Edition
- The language service provider offers you a wide range of services, along with LSP translation, such as proofreading and editing of your translation, etc. Language service providers will give you the best quality of translation.
- It will match you with a team of translators who are specialists in their fields of expertise and have all the necessary qualifications in order to perform high-quality translation services.
- You do need to worry about anything. Just provide LSP with the source text, name the field of expertise and CAT tools where a team of translators will be working, as well as the rates that you expect. And voila, the translation is ready.
- If you have a really large project LSP will handle large turnabouts easily as it has a team of translators and proofreaders.
The conclusion: the choice of considering a freelance translator or LSP for your projects depends on you. Both freelancers and LSPs are good at their work!
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