The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce just announced their 2011 Business Development Mission to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. (more…)
January 11, 2011 (1-11-11…how cool!) marked my first anniversary of working with Argo Translation. I thought I would share my thoughts on my first year of being a member of the translation industry. (more…)
This past year we have spent a lot of time and effort developing a new trade show display that showcases our company. Below is a picture we took at our new booth’s debut at the American Medical Writers Association’s annual conference in Milwaukee (brrrrr!) this year in November. (more…)
I have been answering RFP’s (Request for Proposal) for over 15 years and I have seen far too many really intelligent people working for really great companies focus on the wrong parameters for evaluating the cost of working with translation vendors.Far too often the emphasis of the RFP is on the cost per word for each language. (more…)
Far too many of our business development calls start with the client question “How much do you charge per word?”. While cost is certainly an important aspect of buying translation services, the next 6 questions are the most important. (more…)
Argo Translation, provider of efficient, accurate translation and localization services focused on quality and clarity for a wide range of companies across North America, has been invited to speak on the topic of translation business models and the role of Across Systems Language Server Technology at the Localization World conference in Seattle. (more…)
A recent post in the Marketing Executives News Group written by Author Sean Duffy and titled Going Global: How to Overcome the Hidden Risks of International Brand Launches detailed some key concerns with any international product or campaign launch. (more…)
Argo Translation, Inc. announced today that they are offering a new “Argo Partner Program” for companies that may be interested in partnering with a Translation Vendor. (more…)
The first thing companies typically do when faced with a translation need is to look to internal resources. That seems like a logical thing to do but over the years we have discovered that the use of internal resources typically leads to inconsistent translation, missed opportunities for translation memory savings and missed deadlines.
This morning’s Chicago Tribune had a great article related to the nature of language. The author, Vicki Ortiz Healy wrote the article entitled “Foul! Must we call in word referees to monitor language?” . The story discusses her use of words that sound taboo but after some detailed research she discovers the real truth. (more…)
