Keylingo is a good translation company

Make that a great translation company. We adapt our clients’ business, marketing and legal communications to new languages. This helps them sell their products and perform their services more efficiently around the world. Keylingo’s focus is translation. We also provide interpretation services, both in-person and over-the-phone.

In the last couple decades, translation has become increasingly complex. Growing demand and low entry barriers make purchasing translation services like buying wine. You have a sea of potential choices, consisting of large and boutique producers and everything in between. The “Key” to making the right choice is to get educated.

What is Translation?

The Translation Industry

Translation is often described as the world’s second oldest profession. Ironically, however, it’s also a business few people understand. So, if you feel a little uninformed, shake it off. Just keep reading.

The industry-translation that is-has some similarities with the movie biz. We’ve got studios, talent agencies and the talent (i.e., clients, translation companies and translators). The translation companies are like the talent agencies and serve as important intermediaries that perform myriad tasks and manage the process from start to finish. The customers and translators are then left free to focus on their respective core competencies.

There is one big difference, however, between the translation industry and Hollywood (other than the number of zeros in our paychecks). In Hollywood, talent agencies sign actors to contracts. Not so in translation. The talent (i.e., the translators) can, and do, work with any agency (i.e., the vendor) they want. But they choose Keylingo, a professional translation company, as often as they can.

The Keylingo Difference

Relationships are Key:

At Keylingo, we focus on building relationships. Whether it’s a multi-year, multi-project contract, or a once-off tagline for product packaging, we value the needs of our clients and work to maintain lasting, positive relationships. Regardless of the scope of a client’s projects, we pride ourselves on a hands-on relationship for every client.

Technology as a Tool, Not a Trap in Our Translation Services:

We are technology neutral and nimble. Our business is to produce and deliver translations, not software suites that clog your desktop. We communicate with clients and manage your projects on an adaptable, cloud-based workflow tool, accessible anywhere in the world! Better yet, this tool is a free part of the translation services we provide – not an a la carte line item on your invoice. No extra pesky technology contract is required! We’re here to earn your confidence, trust and business, not pad our pockets with a technology platform upsell.

Nix the Department of Redundancy Department:

In the language biz, a client’s translation memory is key – it’s a database of words we’ve already translated for you, so that we don’t have to re-translate those words for each new project you send us. Translation memory allows our translators to save you time and money! But we’re not going to hold you hostage: the translation memory is your intellectual property, and it belongs to you. You can request it anytime you want it.

Translation Services On Time, On Budget:

We’ve all been there: the contractor remodeling your kitchen says, “It’ll be done in a month for ten grand!” Then, three months and 15k later, you’re ready to give the contractor a piece of your mind. Keylingo doesn’t work that way. We deliver language services when we say we’ll deliver them, for the price agreed.

Nickels and Dimes? Don’t Think So!

Our prices are all-inclusive – we’re not going to tack on any vague “project management fees,” or unsubstantiated “technology update subscriptions.” You wouldn’t pay extra to have frosting on your cupcake, so why should we charge you extra for each component of the translation service we provide?

Churn, Baby, Churn:

The Keylingo business structure is designed so that you won’t have a new project manager or account rep every time the wind blows. Our owner-operators have one job: build customer relationships that last. They’re not going anywhere, and we hope you’re not either.

Our Bite is as Big as Our Bark:

Not only does our operations center hold ISO certification, we source the highest quality linguists, utilize the latest workflow technologies, and have a hands-on process with our clients. We live up to expectations. Just ask our clients.

Take Us for a Walk, Watch Us Strut Our Stuff:

We can tell you about Keylingo’s excellent language services until the cow jumps over the moon, but why waste everyone’s time? Still need proof? Let us SHOW you! Find a Keylingo local translation office near you for a free sample translation of your company’s material.