Digital transformation is not just a step toward modernization - it is a way for organizations of all sizes to meet the demands of our globalized world. Beginning this transformation process can revolutionize your localization program and save your company time and money.
Organizations can reduce part of the overall translation costs of a project by deploying AI machine translation in conjunction with post-editing. This change allows you to save on the cost of employing two qualified human translators (one for translation and one for review) by substituting them with machine translation and a human post-editor.
Companies can then use these savings generated by machine translation to:
Note:
Not all languages and content are suitable for machine translation, so we suggest that you test your content and language pairs and evaluate the results before you commit to a full project if the volume of words is big.
One of the most efficient ways to simplify your localization process is to connect your content management system (CMS) to your service provider's translation management system (TMS) via a connector or plugin.
These tools allow content to be exported, translated, and rerouted into your content management system. And depending on your configuration and preferences, translations can then be retrieved manually or automatically.
Automating the localization process eliminates tedious manual tasks, such as copying and pasting translations into your CMS for each target language.
Let's assume it takes one staff member one day (8 hours) to copy, paste and publish a website's worth of translated copy into your organization's CMS.
Assuming we have translated that copy into four different languages, it will take that person 32 hours to finish assembling all four versions of that website.
Based on experience, we will assume automation saves 50% of the time your staff would have spent on these tasks.
This represents 4 hours saved per project or 16 hours in total for all four languages.
Realistically, the other 50% of the time is probably still needed to:
Companies can use the time they save to focus on quality-oriented tasks that automation cannot perform, such as:
An effective digital transformation strategy that includes automating the localization process and leveraging the latest technologies can bring many benefits to your organization such as cost reductions and time savings.
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