inWhatLanguage: a translation agency as it should be

What is a translation agency?

Despite how simple this question sounds, it is, in fact, a tricky one. A translation agency is, or should be, a company that provides services to cover its clients’ translation needs.

Then, why is it that when one says “translation agency”, people usually automatically think of a guy sitting at a desk with a stack of papers in different languages, or wearing headphones and writing a translation of what he hears, like the guy in this picture?

It’s not that this is not a correct perception. Document translation and audio transcription is, without a doubt, a major part of a translator’s job. But a language agency is so much more.

Nowadays, the needs one may have for a translation agency are rarely limited to a paper document or a recorded audio conference. In the era of iPads, YouTube, of Facebook, of daily updated websites and monthly newsletters, a company that sticks with just document translation can hardly be called a modern business.

As I was doing a subtitling job the other day, changing video formats to suit the clients’ needs, moving or extending a subtitle a quarter of an inch longer to make sure that it’s perfectly synchronized to the person talking in the video, I realized how wonderfully versatile inWhatLanguage is.

Our translation firm can translate all forms of multimedia, whether it's a web conference presentation, a global training video, or an interactive Flash demo for your website. Our translation team understands the importance of providing leading experts in all file types and technologies who can consistently recreate and adapt your multimedia translation project for any language and/or international market.

We have tons of stuff that goes beyond just the services you would naturally assume a translation agency would have:

• ·        Software localization services
• ·        eLearning localization translation
• ·        Multilingual voice-over recording and synching
• ·        Desktop publishing translation services
• ·        Script localization
• ·        Subtitling and dubbing translation
• ·        Foreign voice talent
• ·        Graphics and animation editing
• ·        Testing & quality assurance translation
• ·        Translation of DVDs and videos
• ·        Verbatim recording Translation
• ·        Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) translation
• ·        You name it!

No matter the format, no matter the subject matter, no matter the linguistic or cultural targets, inWhatLanguage will translate and localize your multimedia content with unparalleled speed and accuracy.