Translation Services

How do I get the files to you?

The following options are available for getting your files to us:

• Email Files in a Zip File
• Upload via FTP in a Zip File
• Allow us access to your FTP
• Post a CD containing your files

How will I receive the translated files?

We can return translated material in exactly the same format as we received it.

File types we can translate directly:

• All Microsoft Office Documents
• PDF Files
• Any Text File
• We can also scan documents at an extra cost

How would you handle the graphical elements of the web site?

Any graphics that have a textual content will have that text translated and a localised version of the graphic would then be created. The complexity of the original graphic will determine the complexity of this task. Some graphics may have to be re-sized to allow them to accommodate the new language. For instance, replacing English text with German text may require the graphics to be enlarged as the German text will be up to 30% longer than the English.

Can you handle CGI scripts, Java scripts, ASP files, databases etc?

With most of these files our translators, working in co-operation with our in-house technical staff will translate only the appropriate text strings. This will ensure that the scripts remain bug-free.

How would you handle Shockwave Flash files?

To localise these files, we would need to be sent the source files used to create the flash file. The flash file, which would be on the web site, cannot be amended. With the source file we can translate any text and then create a new flash file for the translated web site.

What about different character sets for websites?

Providing the required character sets can be recognised by the browsers and operating systems with the appropriate fonts, there should be no trouble. The web site coding can be adjusted to instruct the browser to default to the correct character set.

Website Translation

Website translation is one of the most cost effective methods of expanding your markets rapidly.

One of the biggest challenges this creates is getting your site truly globalised or globalised depending on where you are.

• Over 100 million people access the Internet in a language other than English
• Over 50% of Web Users speak a native language other than English (www.glreach.com)
• Web users are four times more likely to purchase from a site that communicates in the customer's language.
• Visitors stay for twice as long (Site stickiness is doubled) (Forrester Research)

Many companies and organisations already realise the immense benefits of translating their website. The problem is that many translation agencies are unable to deal with the variety of formats and the ongoing administration of changing content. This often leads to the developer employed by the organisation having their time increasingly used for copying and pasting text so that it is in a format the agency can deal with.

SD2001 removes the need to copy and paste text to and from your site to allow translators to work on it. We are able to take source files such as HTML, XHTML, XML, Java and many more, protecting all of your coding through the translation cycle and returning in a fully working format.

The SYSTRAN Software used by SD2001 strives to achieve the highest possible accuracy, however no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace human translators. Any discrepancies or differences created in translations are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes. If any questions arise in regard to the accuracy of information contained in any translated portion of text provided, please refer to the orginal version. Language structures in English are not easily translated into another language. Source text that includes jargon common to an industry, may not be translated accurately. SD2001 are not responsible for translation errors.

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Translation Languages Available

English into/from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.