Challenges
Challenges
- Tight Timeline: The project demanded the delivery of 500,000 words each week for six consecutive weeks.
- Resource Selection: Identifying and recruiting linguists with the necessary expertise in both software localization and the Indonesian language in a short span of time posed a significant challenge.
- Quality Assurance: Maintaining high-quality standards across alarge volume of work while managing a diverse team was critical, especiallyunder pressing deadlines.
Solutions
Solution
- Recruitment: Within one week, we successfully recruited over 20 qualified linguists. Each linguist underwent rigorous screening through sample tests tailored to relevant software content to ensure they met our quality standards.
- Dedicated Internal Team: We established an internal team of Project Managers who specialized in overseeing this initiative. A dedicated QA specialist was also appointed to monitor deliverables, guaranteeing that all files were thoroughly vetted before submission.
- Backup Linguists: To mitigate risks associated with resource unavailability, we continuously onboarded backup linguists. This proactive approach ensured that our workflow remained uninterrupted, allowing us to meet our delivery commitments without delay.
Benefits
Benefits
- The successful execution of this project enabled our client to launch their platform on schedule, significantly enhancing their visibility and accessibility within the Indonesian market.
- By ensuring that content was not only translated but also culturally adapted and validated by human experts, the client could effectively engage with Indonesian users, fostering greater user satisfaction and trust.
Localization of a Business Conduct Course in German and Dutch
Our client, a specialist in geotechnical solutions, wanted to develop and localize a Code of Business Conduct course tailored for their employees in both German and Dutch. The project required adherence to specific technical and language standards, with a focus on a consistent user experience across all language versions.
Video Localization from Spiritual Organization
Isha Institute of Inner Sciences, a non-profit spiritual organization based in the USA, is dedicated to elevating human consciousness and fostering global harmony through individual transformation. With a vision to make spiritual teachings accessible worldwide, the Institute sought to translate and localize its content into seven languages: Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Portuguese. The primary goal was to translate blogs, website content, mobile applications, and videos featuring spiritual teachings from English into the target languages. The intention was to ensure that individuals in diverse regions could engage with the transformative teachings of the Guru in their native languages. Tools/Technologies Used: Transifex: For collaborative translation management Smartcat: To streamline the localization process Adobe Premiere: For video editing and dubbing
