In-house agency!

Go straight to freelance translators

Most translation agencies are small one-man-bands so if you translate more than a small agency turns over, why not do it all yourself?

When you use a translation company/agency, the odds are that your translation vendor uses freelance translators to do the work. These agencies add value to your translation process by selecting the translators from the thousands that are around and ensuring the availability of translators at all times.

Agency overview

You will need a dedicated translation Project Manager in-house to pull this off, but if you adopt this approach, you will see a drastic drop in the cost per word for your translations.

Freelancers like it
It is no secret that freelance translators enjoy working directly with the end-client because it gives them direct access to the client.
Retain control
If all your company's translation work goes through a centralised department, you can optimise the process and monitor your spend effectively.

Insight

Many companies moved away from the in-house translation model when they outsourced all non-core operations. Retaining a translation Project Manager in-house, is an efficient approach if you deal with a lot of languages and spend in excess of €75,000 per year on translations.

Your overheads will include the cost of the Project Manager and the purchase of a CAT tool, such as SDL Trados Suite that will allow you to easily maintain your translation memory.

Another similar option is to hire in-house translators, which is cost effective if you translate over 500,000 words per year, per language.