This year, TransForma celebrates a significant milestone … our tenth anniversary. For ten years we’ve been providing worldwide translation services from our home base in Miami. But three years into our existence, we landed a project that we thought would serve as a gigantic financial and professional springboard for our company. As it turned out,…
Let’s say you have a small or medium-sized law practice, or you’re a banker who serves foreign nationals, or you are a small exporter. You’ve realized the power that professional translation and localization can have on the growth of your business, and you’re ready to hire an agency. Would you know where to start? Would…
It’s not uncommon for a mortgage lender to conduct business with a client who’s interested in purchasing property in the U.S., but their paperwork is in another language. It’s in fact very common in the banking industry. Banks offer several types of services that foreign nationals use quite often – mortgage lending being one that…
Your brand is ready to expand to a global market, or maybe it already has. In an effort to garner more attention for your company, you consider a rebrand. Between updating offerings, designs, and testing the market, there is one mistake we see time and time again. A company’s success abroad cannot depend on repurposing…
Immigration documents, financial records, licenses, and certificates are at the top of the list of documents that seem in obvious need of translation. However, with the increasing amount of real estate transactions that involve foreign players, there is a growing need for professionally translated documents. As it becomes easier to find buyers and investors all…
Thinking of going global with your business? Here’s something to consider: localization and translation services. For a company going global, language is a number-one priority so that it stands out as an industry leader. Localization and translation services help businesses increase ROI by connecting employees, consumers and their local communities on a more personal (and…
Global Expansion Is Essential In 2017, the U.S. retail ecommerce worldwide sales totaled $2.3 trillion and by 2021, ecommerce revenues are expected to grow to $4.88 trillion! Historical data show that this trend is not going in reverse, which is evidence of the fact that to progress in today’s economy, you must consider global expansion…
In 1987, Braniff Airlines aired an advertisement of their new slogan urging travelers to “fly in leather” in Spanish, shocking local Latin American consumers and advertising executives. Without using an expert translator to take into consideration regional colloquialisms, and no doubt using a bilingual dictionary (this was before the Internet), the phrase “in leather” was…
How To Evaluate A Translation Agency There are many reasons for needing a translation agency. In an international city like Miami, translation is often needed by law firms, mortgage brokers, companies selling a product or service, insurance agents, import-export companies, and many others. In the case of law firms and corporate entities, there are usually…
Sometimes called the triple constraint, there are three factors that govern decisions in any project: time, money, and quality. These are certainly aspects of any translation project. TransForma always achieves a quality translation, and we aim to keeps costs at a minimum. Therefore, we highly encourage our clients to consider time of the highest value….
