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Just twenty years ago, communication between two countries was needed by only a small percentage of top-tier “multinational” companies

Governments needed diplomats and translation and interpreters for their work. But few businesses needed to communicate with customers or business partners in different languages.

How translation has changed!

Now every day, millions of people are commuting to and from work over phone lines and on the internet. New computer technologies have put us in touch with the whole world from the comfort of our homes. Internet users have access right at their fingertips to products from millions of companies in hundreds of countries!

But this new “flat world” phenomenon has also brought about the need for more advanced and better communication between speakers of different languages

Happily for all involved, there are professional translation companies offering services to make sure that two parties from different cultures and language groups can understand one another and do business. Businesses and individuals can have documents, proposals, projects and research translated into the language they need. This enables us all to do business around the world on a daily basis. There are some mistakes to avoid. One should be certain to deal with a professional translation company.

Some research needs to be done into the reliability of the company before hiring them. Some web-pages are even set up as a scam. A reliable company will have references and should not charge you money until they have produced at least some portion of the work you need to be completed. Feel free to ask for references, especially if you are trying to build a long term relationship with them. An ounce of prevention in the early stages will be worth more than a pound (or a dollar or Euro!) of cure in translation.