When you are still in the early phase of your start-up development, money really matters a lot. Firms often prefer free solutions to paid ones, even if it affects quality a bit. What if you could save money and still get the best of it?
Community translation – free but…
You gather all your fans and volunteers around your project. You might have paid for an access to websites that allow you to manage crowdsourced translation. Sounds good, right? Great numbers of people ready to help you with translating your app to their native languages. What is the trick? Well, unfortunately – quality. Of course, the highest quality willbe provided by specialists, but it is not the option you want to use yet. So what are most common linguistic issues you can encounter while working with communities?
The list is long, there is a reason why
language specialists spend many years on learning and gaining necessary experience
and knowledge, here I want to take a brief look at the most important mistakes.
Most trouble-causing issues are:
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Mistranslations,
when target version means something different from what you and your team meant
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Confusing
sentences that are not understandable by end users at all
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Language
mistakes that cause your app to look scam-ish
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Edited
code, deleted variables, changed formatting that can affect the app stability.
Professional proofreading services to lower costs of (community) translation
You decided not to use the services of
localisation specialists, and you are prepared that your product may, or may
not, be more or less fine and there is no actual deadline on a translated
version. So what can you do to use crowdsourcing translation but to maintain the
highest quality of your app? Simple – order proofreading services.
Poor translations do not only lead to clients’
dissatisfaction and decreased number of users willing to pay for premium
features. They usually force developers
to recreate and retranslate files when they want to reach new markets or new
clients. Very often mistakes cause critical errors, make your projects look poor
and unprofessional. As a result, it often requires more time (for the
translation itself, or for a developer’s work) and time is money.
To save money on the localisation process, the perfect
deal is to hire professionals from the beginning. You can also work with them
for proofreading purposes only: your texts will be carefully checked and fixed
where necessary. Mana Translation will provide
professional proofreading services – we know what we are doing so you can trust
us with your app.
