In previous posts I have mentioned the importance of using professionally qualified translators who have experience of the subject matter they are translating. I have also emphasised that is it is vital the the translator is translating INTO their mother tongue. In this post I demonstrate why.

We receive literally dozens of applications from companies and individuals each week seeking to partner with us as outsourced suppliers. We reject almost off of them for reasons which will be obvious when you read the email copied below which was sent to our recruitment department.

The frightening thing is that although we wouldn’t touch people like this with the proverbial barge pole - someone must be using them. They are undoubtedly much cheaper than us but, as the saying goes, “you get what you pay for”.

Ask yourself how much it will cost you to get the translation wrong - it’s usually much more than the marginal incremental cost of getting it right.

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