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About Live Translation
Live Translation provides a high quality, low cost,
professional translation service in minutes and from only $1.99. By bringing
together a large number of experienced, professional translators from around the
world, we are able to offer extremely fast turnaround translations at a great price.
Why Live Translation?
If you have ever used free computer aided translation services such as Alta Vista’s
Babel Fish or FreeTranslation.com you will probably have already realised why Live
Translation is needed. The quality of
free translation
services simply isn’t up to the job. The mistranslations can end up
costing you a lot more in the long run than paying a little bit for professional
translation.
What about horror stories of Free Translation services?
This page isn’t about frightening you with stories of
bad free translations (we could dedicate a whole website to that!), indeed,
there are several niches where computer aided translation services should be used.
However, most of today’s free translation users should really be weighing
up the potential hidden costs of using free translation
services such as lost business and lost friendships.
However, up until now, there hasn’t been a real alternative to
free translation services. If you needed a translation quickly and cheaply,
you either trusted your luck with a free online translation
service, made do with English or screamed at your usual
translation agency until they agreed to turn your job around before
the end of the day for a small additional charge! None of these options make good
business sense.
A Real Alternative to Free Online Translation
Now you do have the choice to present yourself in a professional way without upsetting
your accounts department. With Live Translation, our system checks instantly the
availability of thousands of our professionally qualified, native speaking translators
and automatically assigns your project.
Counting the Cost
Most professional translation services
charge between $0.15 and $0.30 per word. However, they also add minimum charges
and project management fees to translation projects. With these additional charges
you could end up paying up to $100 for just a few words. With a typical email being
less than 50 words, you can see how this is price prohibitive for most businesses
and individuals.
At Live Translation we charge only $0.15 per word, cheaper than most other translation
services. We do make a small minimum charge of only $1.99 to cover transaction costs
and make every project worthwhile for the translators and this charge includes the
first 10 words!
Time is Money
Today’s economy isn’t just about getting the best quality for the best
price. We are living in a society of instant gratification and it has never been
more important to act quickly on time critical business communications before your
competitors do. Perhaps you are outsourcing to China or India and need to communicate
accurately your project requirements; maybe you have had an enquiry from a large
overseas customer. By responding quickly and in a professional manner you are significantly
increasing your chances of success.
A translator can typically translate 250 words per hour. Imagine receiving a request
for information through your online contact form in a foreign language. No one in
your office has the time or the ability to translate the form. So you use a free
translation service to get an instant gist of the text. It appears to be a genuine
lead so you use Live Translation to translate it professionally within 15 minutes.
You can then make an informed reply or offer and have your response professionally
translated and returned in about the same time, with the whole process taking less
than an hour. Compare this to the industry standard minimum turnaround of 2 days
and you will appreciate the tremendous value on offer.
Need a translation quickly? Try Live Translation. From only $1.99, you know it makes
sense!