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- 1. Translation Headaches Cured: Best Practices for the Buyers of Translations Presented by Scott Carothers @KineticTeam
- 2. About the Speaker Presented by Scott Carothers, Senior Globalization Executive Translation management systems, exclusively for the buyer @KineticTeam
- 3. THE HEADACHE Translation Concer ns • Quality • Time of delivery • Cost-containment @KineticTeam
- 4. THE HEADACHE Cur rent Industr y Practices • 28,000 Translation Vendors (LSP’s) • Few vendors, often just one • Tied to a vendor’s technology • No vendor validation or ratings @KineticTeam
- 5. THE HEADACHE Cur rent Buyer s’ Problems • Requested to do more with same staff • Deadlines shortening • Inefficient in-country reviews • No real-time metrics @KineticTeam
- 6. THE HEADACHE Cur rent Enter prise Problems out the Speaker • Translations decentralized • No enterprise-wide workflow process • Translations are not always line-item • Inconsistent pricing • Not a buyer’s market @KineticTeam
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- 15. TRANSLATIONS WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE @KineticTeam
- 16. VENDOR-INDEPENDENCE What does it mean to be independent? • You set project parameters • Creating a competitive market • Always making the best vendor choice
- 17. VENDOR-INDEPENDENCE TMS Specifically for the Buyer • File formats: XLIFF, TMX, TTX • Choose your vendors for the system • Web portal accessible anytime, anywhere on any browser platform
- 18. Best Practices Improving the Quality • Centralized enterprise workflows • Maximizing translation memory • Vendor performance ratings • Vendor-independent business intelligence
- 19. BEST PRACTICES Expandability • Enterprise & SaaS always evolving • Customization options
- 20. QUALITY ASSURANCE Centralizing the Process • Centralized translation memory • Glossaries and term bases • Compatible with older technologies • All users and vendors on same page
- 21. INFORMED DECISIONS Creating a Buyer’s Market • All information available BEFORE project assignment • It’s your intellectual property • Project information shared as needed • Send projects out to bid
- 23. INFORMED DECISIONS Vendor-Independent Business Intelligence
- 24. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Transparency • Automated communications • Time savings • Minimal training • Instant notification of duplicated translations
- 25. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Transparency • Use your own software tools • XML & DITA • In-country reviewers • Automated schedule reminders
- 26. THE $ VALUE Where’s the Money? Current client trends • 24-33% savings average 1st year • 40% second year • Above 50% in third year
- 27. THE $ VALUE Here’s More Money • Bidding provides new savings • Averages 22% additional realized savings • Knowledge of aggregate volume makes for buyers market • Reduced project management fees • Centralized TM
- 43. Q & A Scott Carothers – Senior Globalization Executive Scott@theTechnologyAgency.com +1.502.719.9565 (Direct) Kinetic.theTechnologyAgency.com @KineticTeam
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